Tag: islamists
Macedonia 16.12.24 | 23:10

The islamist group planned attacks against civilian “soft targets” in Macedonia

The terrorist cell that was broken up over the weekend was planning attacks against “soft targets” – civilians gathered at public locations, said Interior Minister Pance Toskovski. Four persons were detained in Struga and Gostivar, suspected of recruiting extremists and preparing terror...

Macedonia 08.04.21 | 12:20

Former Interior Minister Trajanov warns that Islamists may have been given Macedonian passports

Former Interior Minister Pavle Trajanov called on the Interior Ministry to reveal the names of all 215 people who are estimated to have been illegally given Macedonian travel documents over the past years in what is becoming a growing scandal for the Zaev regime. Trajnov warned that some of them may...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 09:23

Large-scale Albanian protests planned in Skopje over the Good Friday massacre sentences

A large protest is expected early afternoon in Skopje, after the Friday prayers, as Muslim Albanian groups demand that the sentences in the 2012 Good Friday massacre are overturned. After a lengthy retrial, the court again gave life sentences to the three Albanian islamists who killed four Christian...

World 03.11.20 | 08:47

At least five killed in Islamist attacks in Vienna

At least five people were killed in the terrorist attacks in Vienna yesterday, in which suspected Islamists shot at citizens walking down the street, or in restaurants, and targeted the city’s Jewish community. Officers shot dead one attacker as he was preparing to use an explosive device strapped...

Macedonia 01.09.20 | 17:28

Judge orders initial 30 days of detention for the three arrested Islamists

The court ordered 30 days in detention for the three Islamists who were arrested today as they were apparently preparing suicide attacks. The men, who had fought with ISIS in the past, were stockpiling weapons and explosive suicide vests in a rural area south of Kumanovo. Security officials said that...

Macedonia 01.09.20 | 12:28

The Islamist group was storing its weapons and explosives south of Kumanovo, police reveals

The Interior Ministry identified the three members of the Islamist cell who were apparently preparing suicide attacks in Macedonia by their initials and partially obscured photographs. The group was led by A.B., who was later joined by Lj.E. and A.V. The group was storing weaponry and explosives in...

World 13.12.19 | 17:27

Police confirms arrested Danish terrorists’ Norway connection

On Wednesday Danish police arrested twenty people during a series of co-ordinated raids across the country, aimed at preventing a suspected Islamist terrorist attack. According to information released by police and Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service, the detainees were suspected of plotting...

Macedonia 12.10.19 | 13:59

Interior Minister Spasovski expects to see the case against fellow SDSM party official Remenski examined in full

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that it is important to resolve the racketeering scandal, after his party colleague Frosina Remenski became the first top SDSM official to be charged in the case. Spasovski sought to portray the growing corruption allegations against SDSM officials, and SDSM affiliated...

Macedonia 21.02.19 | 10:38

New hearing in the 2012 Islamist murder of five ethnic Macedonians

A new hearing is scheduled in the Skopje Court in the re-trial of the Islamist group which killed four young ethnic Macedonians and an adult man in 2012, on the eve of Good Friday, in an apparent attempt to begin another civil war in the country. Kire Trickovski, Filip Slavkovski, Cvetanco Ackovski,...