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Since 1978, the Australian Government's National Counter-Terrorism Plan has required each state police force to maintain a specialist counter-terrorist and hostage-rescue unit (Police Tactical Group or SWAT) [6] The unit that now fulfills that role is the Tactical Operations Unit. The Unit has undergone a number of changes over the years.
The Federal Police of Germany, and therefore GSG 9, is under the control of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Bundespolizei also provides aerial transportation for GSG 9. On August 1, 2017, GSG 9 was transferred to the Federal Police Directorate 11 , which was established as the supreme command for all special operations units of the ...
In 2007, the Australian Federal Police launched Operation Rochester to investigate reports of Somali-Australians traveling to fight for al-Shabaab against the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government. That investigation ended because not enough evidence could be gathered to press charges.
A lone wolf attack is a particular kind of terrorist attack, committed in a public setting by an individual or group who plans and commits an act of terrorism inspired by another organization or state, in this case, Imperial Germany. However, instead of being directed to or paid to carry out the attack the planning and the implementation for it ...
The Diensteinheit IX (DIX) (English: Service Unit 9) was the tier one police tactical unit of the Volkspolizei that specialized in capture high-value target, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, engaging heavily armed criminals, high-risk law enforcement situations, hostage rescue, operating in difficult to access and dangerous areas, protecting important government areas in times of social ...
At least five people, including a 9-year-old, are now known to have been killed in the vehicle-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German officials said ...
From 1 September 1939 a small percentage of ARP wardens were full-time and were paid a salary (£3 for men, £2 for women), but most were part-time volunteers who carried out their ARP duties as well as full-time jobs. Part-time wardens were supposed to be on duty about three nights a week, but this increased greatly when the bombing was heaviest.
New Orleans ISIS terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar had researched online what kind of car was used in a deadly German Christmas market attack — just hours before carrying out his well-planned New ...