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Relevance of ‘EVIL DONE’ to the current UK threat landscape

… been limited empirical research on its capacity to predict target attractiveness and vulnerability as intended. This … of the framework in explaining the attractiveness of targets, particularly the components destructible, occupied, … of locations to terrorism (i.e., how attractive they are as targets). The components comprise the ‘EVIL DONE’ framework: …
Keywords: Evidence-based policing , Research , Evidence , Protective Security , publicly accessible locations , EVIL DONE , Situational Crime Prevention , Academia , Terrorist targeting

Directed and enabled attacks

… plots that were planned and sanctioned overseas, and targeted strategic or symbolic targets. Most attack plots in the UK between 2005 and 2014 … some support from terrorist groups, usually in the form of targeting or methodology guidance but also potentially …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Terrorist threat , Emergency Planning

Analysis Insights for the Christmas Period

… be particularly true for Islamist Terrorists who seek to target those perceived to be ‘kuffar’ or non-believers. …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Risk , Threat

Terrorist use of Bladed or Blunt Force Weapon (BBFW) in the UK

… of 2017 where a vehicle was also used as a weapon.    Targeting A BBFW attack motivated by an Islamist ideology … grievance are likely to be found. To date, the selection of targets by attackers using BBFW have largely depended on the … attacks since 2010 where BBFW have been used; two of these targeted members of minority communities, the target of the …
Keywords: Blunt Weapons , Blunt force weapons , Threat , PALs , Attack Methodology

Terrorist use of Firearms

… sentences. The possibility of their communities being targeted in a terrorist attack is also likely to act as a … conducted with a commodity controlled under UK law. If a targeted attack is carried out, this would lead to wider fears within the targeted community. However, such an attack is not likely to …
Keywords: Firearms , Threat analysis , Attack Methodology , PALs , Threat

Complex attacks

… military-style tactics, as well as striking multiple targets in a co-ordinated way.   Headline Assessment Attacks … attacker, employing a simple methodology against a single target. Conversely, attacks of higher complexity are acts of … which can include one or more of the following: multiple targets are struck by multiple attackers either …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat , Threat analysis , PALs , Self-Initiated Terrorists

The Threat from Left-Wing, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism (LASIT)

… activity by anti-fascism (Antifa) groups opposed to it. Targets of left-wing and anarchist terrorists in the West … was alleged to have carried out reconnaissance of potential targets, purchased equipment and tools, dug hideouts, and sought to recruit others. The plot would have targeted transmitter masts in the Midlands. He is due to …
Keywords: Risk , Threat , Terrorist threat , LASI , LASIT , Left Anarchist and Single Issue Terrorist , Single Issue Terrorist

Self-Initiated Terrorists (S-ITs)

… services or Mental Health services.   Methodologies and targets A low-complexity attack and low-sophistication … locations and religious institutions are the most likely targets for a Self-Initiated Terrorist attack. Some … also likely to view authority figures as legitimate targets, such as the Police or representatives of …
Keywords: Self-Initiated Terrorists , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Intelligence , Prevent , Weapon , Ideologies , Target , Extremist

Terrorist use of Fire in Attacks

… setting of fires, to damage, destroy property or to target those within, is not a new phenomenon and has been … has previously been used by animal rights activists to target laboratories and premises perceived to be engaged in … against people to cause injury (as opposed to arson which targets buildings, infrastructure or property), usually as …
Keywords: Fire as a weapon , Attack , Attack Methodology , FAW , Arson , Terrorist Attack , Fire , Weapon

Terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… there was evidence of premeditation and the family was targeted because they were Muslim. Canadian Prime Minister …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis