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ISIS may use car bombs, extortion, kidnappings in new

terrorist attacks in EU Europol report
Published time: 2 Dec, 2016 11:04
Edited time: 2 Dec, 2016 13:01

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Islamic State is likely to carry out more terrorist attacks in the EU, Europol warns,
citing intelligence sources. Jihadists may resort to tactics that they use in Syria and
Iraq, such as car bombs, extortion and kidnappings, according to a new report.

Intelligence sources suggest that Islamic State (IS, Trends

formerly ISIS/ISIL) has assembled teams in Syria Islamic State
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carry out attacks, the report, entitled Changes in Modus Operandi of Islamic State
Revisited, from Europols European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) warned on
Friday.
Estimates from some intelligence services indicate several dozen people directed
by IS may be currently present in Europe with a capability to commit terrorist
attacks, Europol warned.
Modi operandi employed in Syria and Iraq, such as the use of car bombs, may
emerge as a method of attack in the EU, it said.

Automatic rearms are the weapons of choice

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weapons, Europol noted.
for terrorist cells, and easier access to them in
countries neighboring the EU, particularly in
Ukraine and Western Balkan countries, may
lead to a signicant number of those weapons
becoming available via the black market,
posing a signicant threat in the near future,
the report says.
IS interested in use of chemical
weapons
There is evidence that IS has also shown an
interest in using chemical and/or biological

IS is known to have used sulphur mustard gas in Syria and is thought to be able to
produce the gas itself. IS is believed to include people who were formerly engaged
in Iraqs weapons program and it is assumed that the group has access to Iraqi and
Libyan storage sites of chemical weapons. In addition, there are indications27that
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is experimenting with biological weapons, the report says.

Counter terrorism experts are concerned that Libya could develop into a second
springboard for IS, after Syria, for attacks in the EU and the North African region,
Europol said.
Terrorists acting in the name of IS are able to plan relatively complex attacks
including those on multiple targets quickly and effectively, the report said, adding
that the scale and impact of lone actor attacks is also on the rise.
In addition to France and Belgium, all other EU member states that are part of the
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inspired by IS, it warned.

Syrian refugees vulnerable to radicalization

Attacks may also be carried out to compromise Syrian refugees as a group and to
provoke member states to change their policies towards them, the report added.
There is a real and imminent danger that
Read more Islamic State recruiters targeting Sunni
Muslim refugees from Syria who are
vulnerable to radicalization once in Europe
will be successful, Europol said, noting that a
number of jihadists are traveling through
Europe specically for this purpose.
According to unconrmed information, as of
Be ready for terrorist attacks in April 2016, German authorities had recorded
Europe during holiday season around 300 attempts made by jihadists to
recruit refugees trying to enter Europe, the
State Dept. to US citizens
report says.
Europol warned that if Islamic State is defeated or severely weakened by the
coalition forces in Syria and Iraq, it may trigger a surge of foreign ghters and their
families returning from the region to the EU or other conict areas, like Libya.
Those who manage to enter the EU, will pose a potential security risk for the
Union. Given the high numbers involved, this represents a signicant and long-term
security challenge, the report says.

Soft targets new IS priority

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Europol pointed out that the jihadists have shifted their focus away from attacking
symbolic targets like law enforcement ofcers and military personnel towards soft
targets, like the concert goers and football fans killed during the Paris attacks in
2015. Terrorists have a preference for soft targets, the report said, adding that
attacking critical infrastructure like power grids, nuclear facilities, and transportation
hubs is currently not a priority for them.
The same applies to cyber-attacks, due to their relatively low impact on the general
public, according to the report.
We have to be vigilant, since the threat posed by the so-called Islamic State (IS)
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are trained to use explosives and rearms and they have been indoctrinated by the
jihadist ideology, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove stated in a
press release.

The report also noted that Islamic State is not

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capability to carry out attacks against the
West, or to inspire individuals and groups
residing in EU Member States to do so. Al-
Qaeda and/or Al-Nusra afliated or inspired
groups and individuals continue to pose a
serious threat to EU countries and Western
Radical Islamist inltrated interests in general, it added.
German federal intel service, Besides the threat of major attacks being
planned HQ bomb attack carried out by terrorists acting on Islamic
reports State instructions is the risk of those
committed by so-called clean skins lone
self-radicalized individuals, not associated with known extremists and unknown to
security services, Europol warned.
Islamic State is a terrorist group based mostly in Iraq and Syria that has also
expanded into Libya and Afghanistan. It has masterminded several high-prole
attacks in large European cities over the past two years, most notably in Paris and
Brussels. On November 13 of last year, a wave of bombings and shootings killed
130 people and injured hundreds more in the French capital. In March of 2016, the
same terrorist cell carried out suicide attacks at the airport and a metro station in
Brussels, leaving 23 people dead and more than 300 injured.

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France, leaving 85 people dead and hundreds injured.

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