ISIS, Terrorism Matt Helmkamp ISIS, Terrorism Matt Helmkamp

Syrian National Charged in Germany for IS-Inspired Planned Suicide Knife and Bomb Attack Targeting Jews and Non-Muslims in Berlin

Germany charged a Syrian asylum-seeker with planning an IS-inspired suicide knife and bomb attack on Jewish targets in Berlin; the case reflects an active IS targeting pipeline for Jewish communities in Germany that is reinforced by concurrent German-language IS media distribution on TechHaven.

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Terrorism, ISIS Matt Helmkamp Terrorism, ISIS Matt Helmkamp

Nigerian Air Force Jilli Market Strike Kills 56 to 200 Civilians in Borno; Government Defends Operation as Intelligence-Led, Orders Independent Probe

The April 11 Nigerian Air Force strike on Jilli market in Borno killed between 56 and 200 civilians per varying estimates; the government defended the strike as intelligence-led and ordered a probe, but survivor accounts and the documented pattern of Nigerian Air Force civilian casualty incidents raise material questions for the AFRICOM advisory partnership.

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