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Terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… online in recent years. This includes operational guidance from terrorist groups such as al-Qaida (AQ) and Daesh … shot dead by a police officer at the scene.   How does this threat manifest in the UK? One of the earliest VAW attacks … actions caused widespread fear and chaos, no deaths or life-threatening injuries were caused.  As highlighted in the …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis

Self-Initiated Terrorists (S-ITs)

… Terrorist (S-IT)? A S-IT is defined as “Person(s) who threaten or mobilise to violence (as defined in Section 1 of … Act 2000) without material support or personal direction from a terrorist organisation; but who may still be … previously been referred to as ‘lone actors’.   What is the threat from S-ITs? S-ITs continue to pose the most …
Keywords: Self-Initiated Terrorists , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Intelligence , Prevent , Weapon , Ideologies , Target , Extremist

Terrorist use of Fire in Attacks

… threshold for terrorism. Pyro-terrorism – a term derived from the Greek word for fire to describe the use of … was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for threatening to attack mosques with petrol bombs in the wake … other methodologies. Nevertheless, as well as the obvious threat to life that fire can pose, it can also cause …
Keywords: Fire as a weapon , Attack , Attack Methodology , FAW , Arson , Terrorist Attack , Fire , Weapon , Terrorist threat , MTA , Marauding Attack

Marauding Terrorist Attacks (MTA)

… of an attack and help save lives. These measures range from implementing simple changes to security processes and … These guides are based on analysis and learning from MTAs that have taken place, live simulations of attacks … terrorist attacks - a summary of key emerging themes from trials conducted between 2017 and May 2018 This …
Keywords: MTA , Marauding , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Terrorist threat , Marauding Attack