In 2015, 151 people died and over 360 were injured as a result of terrorist attacks in the EU. Six EU Member States faced 211 failed, foiled and completed attacks. 1,077 individuals were arrested in the EU for terrorism-related offences, of which 424 in France.



The failed, foiled and completed terrorist attacks were in six EU member states - Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and the UK.

The United Kingdom had the highest with 103 attacks, thought mostly to have been in Northern Ireland.

More than half of arrests in the EU - 687 - were "for jihadist terrorism". Of these arrests, 94% were later found guilty in court.

In addition, Europol releases an assessment of recent terrorist incidents that highlights the operational difficulties in the detection and disruption of lone actor attacks. Europol stresses that such attacks remained a favoured tactic by the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, and both have repeatedly called on Muslims living in Western countries to perpetrate lone actor attacks in their countries of residence.

Director of Europol: “In 2015 the European Union experienced a massive number of casualties caused by terrorist attacks. In this context, Europol made use of its unique capabilities to focus on supporting operational investigations to prevent terrorist attacks and identify and disrupt terrorists. The increased cooperation resulted in a much richer strategic intelligence picture, strengthening the 2016 report and Europol’s ability to advise political leaders and legislators and inform national authorities in the setting of threat levels.”



https://www.europol.europa.eu/conten...report-reveals

France, Belgium...who's next?

Originally posted by Nayke I'm pretty much sure there was none in Czech republic. Maybe failed one counts too?

Originally posted by alex_katycat the map shows the "arrests" not terrorist attacks

Originally posted by LeonazNumber#1 Impressive that Germany, Europe's most populous country by a margin of 17 million people and the the country with the largest number of immigrants, didn't have a single attack or attempt attack during the year it accepted over 1 million refugees. Merkel always wins.

Originally posted by LeonazNumber#1 Impressive that Germany, Europe's most populous country by a margin of 17 million people and the the country with the largest number of immigrants, didn't have a single attack or attempt attack during the year it accepted over 1 million refugees. Merkel always wins.