Europol reports more than 1000 terrorism-related arrests

In their EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2016, Europol writes that more than 1000 people have been arrested in terrorism-related offences, the BBC  writes.

According to Europol https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/211-terrorist-attacks-carried-out-eu-member-states-2015-new-europol-report-reveals, 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 terrorist attacks. 1 077 individuals were arrested in the EU for terrorism-related offences, of which 424 in France only. 94% of the individuals trialled for jihadist terrorism were found guilty and prosecuted,” the report states.

The TE-SAT 2016 outlines two worrying developments: the overall threat is reinforced by the substantial numbers of returned foreign terrorist fighters that many Member States now have on their soil, and the significant rise in nationalist (xenophobic), racist and anti-Semitic sentiments across the EU, each resulting in acts of right-wing extremism.