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Goa (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2016

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January - 21	Indians based out of Syria have formed a module of the deadly terror group Islamic State (IS) to carry out attacks back home, sources in intelligence agencies have said, IBNLive reports on January 22. Sources told that these terrorists have been recruiting in India since 2004 and that at least 60 co Read more... Indians based out of Syria have formed a module of the deadly terror group Islamic State (IS) to carry out attacks back home, sources in intelligence agencies have said, IBNLive reports on January 22. Sources told that these terrorists have been recruiting in India since 2004 and that at least 60 could be active in the country now. This is a big jump from a previous estimate of 23 active IS local operatives. Intelligence agencies suspect operatives were being trained to make terror strikes in religious centres like Haridwar or tourist hotspots like Goa.The recruiters in Syria are allegedly terrorists who belonged to the homegrown Indian Mujahideen (IM) who fled the country because of the crackdown by security agencies after the 2008 Mumbai attack. These recruiters were found to be targeting Muslim youth in the southern states and Uttar Pradesh and were trying to radicalise them through cyber propaganda, sources said. The recruitments were mostly being carried out in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Read less...
January - 25	Three foreign nationals have been detained, one of them a Syrian in connection with a letter threatening to harm Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as security was stepped up at vital establishments and crowded places in Goa, reports New Indian Express reports. The Syrian, whose identity was not disclose Read more... Three foreign nationals have been detained, one of them a Syrian in connection with a letter threatening to harm Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as security was stepped up at vital establishments and crowded places in Goa, reports New Indian Express reports. The Syrian, whose identity was not disclosed, was detained on January 25 and was being questioned, Inspector General of Police Sunil Garg told. The letter, received at the State Secretariat on January 13, 2016 had “IS” written on it and threatened to harm Modi and also Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. Read less...

*Data till , February 22, 2021

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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