Italy: Il Giornale Under Attack by Islamists

As we have been reporting in the past day or so, here is the latest from Il Giornale journalist Giulia Sorrentino regarding the Islamist attacks against her, her newspaper, Il Giornale, and her editor-in-chief, Tommaso Cerno. The article is translated by Fousesquawk.

"Cerno is obsessed with Islamists". Shocking attack by pro-Hamas Piccardo, who celebrates October 7

The noted Islamist who has attacked the editor-in-chief of Il Giornale, is a supporter of Hannoun, Palestinian terrorists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and radical clerics who incite hate toward Jews.

-Giulia Sorrentino   24 January 2026 at 14:29

Editor-in-Chief Tommaso Cerno has become a target of the noted Islamist, Davide Piccardo, editor of the site, La Luce (The Light), who has never shied away from attacks against Cerno and our investigations.  He has done this by dedicating a video to him in addition to previous and innumerable attacks he has shown against him, in which he insults him, maintaining that his journalism is "5th grade style",  and that he is only obsessed with "seeking attention"  from the Islamic community, besides another series of insults.

But if there is one thing Cerno certainly does not have is obsessions, but a passion for the news he has always published, with courage and determination, without backing down one centimeter and transmitting that to all of his journalists: And in this case, what bothers Piccardo and company is that, according to the accusation, the top of Hamas in Italy, that is Hannoun and his associates, are in prison. And, indeed, Piccardo has not missed any occasion to show his solidarity with these people.

And Il Giornale is inconvenient precisely because in the face of real threats and concrete intimidation, it has not backed off, just like the usual style of its editor-in-chief. As for Piccardo, well, his past speaks for itself: Posts in which he wishes everyone a "happy October 7", alluding obviously to the day of the massacre committed at the hands of Hamas, already in 2017, we saw him on the streets with a t-shirt depicting the sign of 4-fingers, known as Rabaa, a symbol of solidarity with the Muslim Brotherhood and disseminating citations by Al Banna, the founder of the same movement. The publishing house, La Luce, has also published a book entitled "The Thorns and the Carnation", by Yahya Sinwar, one of the most well-known Palestinian terrorists, and the mastermind of the attack committed in 2023 by Hamas cut-throats.

Piccardo then defended the Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, convicted a few months ago by a federal tribunal for rape and sexual coercion. He has also taken the side of Tareq Suwaidan, whose entry into Italy was banned by the Ministry of Interior due to his radical positions. The same one who said in the past, as reported by Progetto Dreyfus: "All mothers of the Islamic nation-not just Palestinians- should nourish their children with hate towards Jews. We hate them. They are our enemy. We must instill this in the souls of our children until a new generation grows up and wipes them off the face of the earth...Each of us leaving this room should think of a plan to annihilate Israel." But according to Piccardo, " I can say without fear of contradiction that he has never, in any way, supported extremist or violent positions, quite the contrary. I have had the pleasure of meeting him. He suffers this ostracism only due to his anti-Zionist positions in supporting the Palestinian people." Of course, inciting hate against a people or a religion is not violence.  

Piccardo, who thinks he is giving lessons from on high about who knows what, is still the same person who insults Al Sisi (current Egyptian president) and praises Morsi (supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, ex-president of of Egypt), according to whom, "going to the April 25 demonstration with an Israeli flag means to insult the resistance", for whom, Mohammad Hannoun is only a victim and not a man accused of having made millions through charity to send money to Hamas, who goes hand in hand with the Turin preacher, Brahim Baya, who praises Sinwar, and together they talk about the political power of the Muslim community. Will someone stop the drift of figures like Davide Piccardo?

Minneapolis 2.0

 This morning, we woke up to the news that federal agents had shot and killed a protester in Minneapolis who was reportedly trying to interfere with an arrest. According to DHS, the man, a 37-year-old resident of Minneapolis, now identified as Alex Pretti, was armed with a handgun. There are now videos, which we have all seen,  showing a group of agents struggling with the man. The scuffle ends with Prettis being shot. A loaded handgun and two magazines were seized by the agents. 

As always, this case will be investigated by the appropriate federal agencies. The videos will be examined in detail, slow motion, clip by clip, to determine whether the actions of the agent(s) who shot Pretti did so with justification. What I want to know is whether Pretti had the gun in his hand at the time of the struggle. According to one DHS account I heard on TV, he was "brandishing" the weapon. Was it in his hand? Did he show it to the agents in his waistband when he approached? If it wasn't in his hand, was he attempting to reach for it during the struggle? 

According to what Minnesota officials have told us, Pretti legally owned the gun and also had a concealed carry permit. That, of course, would not have given him the right to draw it while confronting federal agents. Where that gun was when he was shot is crucial.

What happened after the shooting is deeply disturbing. It is clear at this point that these actions by protesters are largely organized and involve outside agitators as well as ordinary Minneapolis residents who are outraged by the previous shooting and now this.

What is clearly not helping the situation is the continued fanning of the anger by Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. Instead of urging more "peaceful" protests, they should be telling their citizens to stay home. Today, both of them basically passed judgment on the shooting. Walz promised that in the end, Minnesota will bring justice. Frey, just as he did, in the shooting death of  Renee Good, dismissed the claims of ICE/DHS that the shooting was in self-defense. Both of them prattled on about the "peaceful protests" going on in Minneapolis, even while the scenes of ICE agents being attacked played out.

And yes, President Trump does not help the situation with his comments.

How much of this could have been avoided had cities like Minneapolis not adopted their asinine sanctuary policies? How much safer it would be if ICE agents were able to pick up prisoners from local jails instead of having to track them down on the streets. It is regrettable that municipal and state police have not been securing the streets of Minneapolis while ICE goes about its business. It is they, not ICE, who are trained in crowd control. (Today, some MPD and State Police officers were sent to the scene, but were unable to secure it from the growing crowd.) Had Joe Biden not allowed millions of people with criminal or questionable backgrounds into our country, this entire nationwide operation might have been unnecessary. 

So here we are again. Can anyone say with any confidence that this will be the last person to die in Minneapolis?

Italy: Islamists Trying to Intimidate Italian Journalists

We are following a developing story out of Italy, where some Muslim activists and imams are attempting to intimidate an investigative journalist from Il Giornale. For some time now, we have translated many articles by Giulia Sorrentino on migrant crime, illegal mosques, and Islamist activism in Italy. This is the latest of Sorrentino's articles, appearing today in Il Giornale. It concerns a Turin-based imam named Brahim Baya and Davide Piccardo, who operates an Islamic site called La Luce (The Light).

Davide Piccardo

Brahim Baya

In addition, Tommaso Cerno, editor-in-chief of Il Giornale, has penned an editorial in today's edition, where he tells the Muslim activists what they can do with their threats and fatwas. Both are translated by Fousesquawk.

In addition, we are working on adding English subtitles to a video response by Sorrentino.

First is the article by Sorrentino.

The Party of Muslims advances: "We must have an impact at the polls"

The birth of an electoral "subject" confirmed in a social media broadcast by the preacher, Baya, and the activist, Piccardo. Shahin remains free.

Giulia Sorrentino 23 January 2026 at 14:40

Islam is penetrating our institutions. It is doing so through elections of municipal counselors with representatives who take positions increasingly clear on current issues and with the solid connection established between the Muslim communities, social centers, and extra-parliamentary acronym groups, strengthening themselves on the streets with the pro-Palestinian cause. However, the concept of political Islam is very far from that (which is) purely religious: It implies a precise idea according to which, there is no separation between religion and the State.

The Koran, the Sunna, and Sharia are the sources of law. Thinkers like Hassan al-Banna (founder of the Muslim Brotherhood), Sayyid Qutb, (and) Maududi have theorized that, "Islam is not just a religion, but a complete system of government, law, society, economy, and culture". That brings us to that expressed by Brahim Baya, Islamic preacher in Turin, and Davide Piccardo, founder of the Islamic site, La Luce (The Light), who have often attacked Il Giornale. During the latest live broadcast on social media, speaking precisely on the political participation of the Islamic community, they said what we have been theorizing for months.

"Our community makes up 3 or 4 million people. What I want from the community and those who lead this community is to make it aware of its rights, how to fight for their rights together with the rest of the citizenry. The problem is that our community is not necessarily involved and not necessarily aware of its weight and the possibility to assert its own rights, and it is this that emboldens the others to attack us more and more." A call to arms, or better, a call to the polls.

But Baya is certainly no stranger to similar discourse. It was he who expressed his opposition to the referendum on justice, just as he fervently defended the imam of via Saluzzo, in the Piedmont capital (Turin), Mohamed Shahin, whom the Turin Tribunal decided to release, notwithstanding the deportation order from the Interior Ministry and notwithstanding being considered a danger to national security. But wasn't it Baya who praised the life of Yahah Sinwar, considering him a martyr, when, in reality, he was the mastermind of the terrorist attack of October 7? And wasn't it Piccardo who posted phrases from the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood on his own social media or who wished a "happy October 7 to all"? Or who took to the streets on behalf of Mohamed Hannoun, accused of being Hamas' man in Italy? So, in what way do these people think they will insert themselves into politics? With the democratic principles or with the sacred Islamic laws? And hiding themselves behind the excuse of a rampant Islamophobia is the only way that some members of the Islamic community have to avoid discussing the issues.  

Because there is nothing Islamophobic in condemning those who praise Palestinian terrorism, just as there is nothing Islamophobic in trying to explain the principles that radical Islam brings forth in a manner incompatible with our Constitution. But they are the first to know; (it is) they who have not signed the agreement with the Italian State as required by Article 8 of our Constitution. 

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And here is the translation of the editorial by Cerno.

Keep your fatwas, Korans, and threats

We will continue to denounce the violence of some of your imams and to explain to the Italian people that radical Islam has taken over

By Tommaso Cerno

23 January 2026- 10:00

In order not to waste the time of supposed Koran experts, who, as far as I am concerned, are the Italian phalanx in the construction of the Islamist party, which, from France to the Mediterranean, wants to change the balance of politics to the left, I propose a deal with Mr Piccardo: Since we have no interest in you, in the sense that we will continue to report the contents of documents that we are uncovering, from the investigations opened on your members and sympathizers, on illegal mosques that become centers of recruitment, of the connections of your sympathizers with the Hamas terrorists, and we will continue to denounce the violence of some of your imams, and to explain to the Italian people that radical Islam has taken over, so we ask you not to try and intimidate us as often happens. As has happened in your pseudo-religious video, where, together with Mr Baya, you cited our Giornale, our editor, and our colleague, Giulia Sorrentino, who has been following this investigation for some time.

Because Giulia is a strong woman, who does not wear the burka nor the veil, who does not take orders from you nor allow herself to be frightened, just like any of us, let alone accept the gag of a nascent political movement. What we are waiting for are the denials. Thus far, we are receiving threats, free copies of the Koran, and various fatwas. To be honest, we have no fear of these, nor do we know what to do with them.

*Update (1-24-2026) Below is the video by Giulia Sorrentino: Subtitles by Vlad Tepes and Gates of Vienna. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Belgium: 6 Kurdish Demonstrators Stabbed in Antwerp

“Er is vandaag omstreeks 19.30 uur een terroristisch gemotiveerde aanval geweest op de Koerdische gemeenschap in Antwerpen,” aldus woordvoerder Orhan Kilic. “De Koerdische gemeenschap was aan het protesteren op het Operaplein vanwege de jihadistische aanvallen op de Koerden in Rojava, in het noorden van Syrië. Het was een goede, normale protestactie zonder incidenten of problemen. Er waren veel gezinnen, vrouwen, jongeren en kinderen aanwezig.”

-HLN

"Today, about 7:30 pm, there was  terrorist-motivated attack against the Kurdish community in Antwerp," said spokesperson Orhan Kilic. "The Kurdish community was protesting  at Opera Square over the jihadist attacks against the Kurds in Rojava, in the north of Syria. It was a good, normal protest without incidents or problems. There were many families, women, teenagers, and children present."

On Thursday evening, Kurdish demonstrators gathered on Antwerp's Opera Square to protest the military action by the Syrian military against Kurds in Northern Syria. As the demonstration was breaking up, some people, who had apparently infiltrated the crowd, pulled knives and began stabbing demonstrators.

Six people were injured, two critically. Police were able to catch two of the suspected stabbers.

We are working on providing English subtitles on a video from HLN (Be). The above excerpt is from the same link and is translated from Dutch by Fousesquawk.

*Update (1-23-2026): Here is the referenced video. Hat tip to RAIR Foundation USA, Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna for subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk.

 

Hitler Learns Dylan Mulvaney Is Playing Anne Boleyn

My latest Hitler parody masterpiece!!

There's a new Broadway play opening up about the life and wives of Henry VIII. What's really newsworthy here is that Dylan Mulvaney, star of stage and screen, and who was last seen adorning Bud Light cans, has been chosen to play the role of Anne Boleyn!

Back in Berlin, Broadway aficionado, Adolf Hitler, viewed the selection with a critical eye.

 

Greenland-and President Trump's Ham-Handed Approach

President Trump is amping up the temperature over Greenland. He is now imposing new tariffs on several European countries until the Greenland issue is "resolved". Recently, he has made statements in public to the effect that we are going to take Greenland one way or the other, "the easy way or the hard way". His stated position seems to be that either Denmark sells us Greenland or we take it by force.

The justification? Greenland occupies a strategic position in the Arctic Circle, and that Russian and Chinese naval vessels in the region pose a threat.

Let me get one thing out of the way: That is a legitimate concern and one that must be addressed by NATO. 

That said, Trump's approach is ham-handed, as is his style. That is how he has spent his life getting things he wanted or things he wanted to have done. The result here is that the Europeans no longer feel they can depend on the US. Of course, we all know that Trump wants our NATO partners to do much more in the defense of their own continent. I have no quarrel with that.

What I find troubling is Trump's tendency to alienate our friends and allies. That is exactly what is happening here. It is not that I am pro-Europe. They have enough problems of their own, largely of their own making, which this site regularly reports on. But in this case, one cannot blame them for being offended, especially Denmark, to say nothing of the Greenlanders.

Here is how the Greenland issue should be handled: Trump and his pertinent cabinet members should sit down with NATO (which includes Denmark) and explain our concerns regarding the Russians and Chinese. The US, as part of NATO, already has a small military presence in Greenland. Our position would be that this presence and the overall NATO presence should be dramatically increased for the sake of everyone's security.

If Trump wants to purchase Greenland, he can sit down with Denmark and make the offer. If Denmark says Greenland is not for sale (which they have so stated), Trump needs to back off. The reasonable solution is for NATO to jointly agree that Russian and Chinese encroachment is unacceptable and that there will be a much greater NATO presence in Greenland.

As it is, this drama is giving the US a black eye. And it was totally unnecessary.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden (23)

The below article by Johan Westerholm on the Swedish site, Ledarsidorna is translated by Fousesquawk. This is the latest in our series of translations of original European articles on the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and the 23rd on Sweden. Westerholm is the "go-to" expert when it comes to the Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden.

This article describes the recent designation of parts of the MB as terrorist organizations by the US State and Treasury Departments and the implications for the Swedish government, which has a long history of working with and financially supporting MB-connected organizations in Sweden. While it is a welcome development, in my opinion, it doesn't go far enough. The entire MB  apparatus should be designated as a terrorist organization, and that should apply to its US branches as well.

USA classifies parts of Muslim Brotherhood as terror (organizations)

Caption: Swedish Institute in Alexandria

Yesterday, the US State and Treasury Department secretaries decided to outlaw parts of the Muslim Brotherhood. The decision is designed in such a way that will very likely affect the Swedish delegation and the Swedish Institute in Amman, Jordan. Both Swedish authorities have a long history together with the Muslim Brotherhood as enablers, financiers, and support organisations. 

Yesterday, the respective US State and Treasury secretaries, Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, decided to follow through on President Donald Trump's statement on outlawing parts of the Muslim Brotherhood. The decision (is) to eliminate the capabilities and operations within the Muslim Brotherhood's branches or network that pose a threat against the US, according to an earlier Executive Order (14362).  

Yesterday's decision means that the US is designating the Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terror organisations.

The American State Department is designating the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terror organization and a specially designated global terror organization (SDGT. The group's leader, Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, is also designated as an SDGT.

At the same time, the Treasury Department is designating the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood as SDGTs for having given material support to Hamas. The US states it will use all available means to deprive the Muslim Brotherhood branches of the resources to engage in or support terrorism.

The Brotherhood was founded in 1928 in Egypt as an Islamist movement that promoted social reforms through political activism. Since 2013, the Brotherhood has been banned and designated as a terrorist group in countries like Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. The US earlier hesitated to classify the Brotherhood as a terrorist group despite considering it in 2019.

The terror designation will enable the freezing of assets, travel bans, and sanctions against leaders like Lebanon's Taqqosh, and can potentially expand to other global networks. The designation means that the US is also open (to the possibility of) imposing sanctions against third parties who, one way or another, give support to the Muslim Brotherhood's associated organisations in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt. 

It cannot be ruled out that the sanctions will affect Sweden, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and not least, the aid authority SIDA, as well as parts of the Swedish state-financed civil society.

Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Long history of support for Brotherhood

Even though Sweden closed the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt in 2018/19, the institute and its successors have had a history that, with probability bordering on certainty, is known to the US intelligence and security agencies.

The Swedish Institute in Alexandria (SwedAlex) was a Swedish state authority for dialogue among Europe, Sweden, the Middle East and North Africa, founded in 1999, but closed in 2019 and moved to Stockholm. As a basis for its establishment, Ambassador Sverker Åström conducted an investigation on behalf of the then-Aid Minister, Pierre Schori (Social Democrat). Charlotta Sparre was appointed Investigation Secretary.

Sparre was then, between September 2008 and August 2013, Sweden's ambassador to Jordan, and between 2013 and 2017, Sweden's ambassador in Egypt. Sparre would return yet later in the institute's history.

Over time, the institute was developed into a pure communication platform tailor-made for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, but financed with grants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, ultimately, the Swedish taxpayers. Under the direction of Peter Weiderud (Social Democrat), the institute, during the period of 2015-2018, came too close to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, which forced a closure.

In the fall of 2018, Weiderud showed up unannounced in Stockholm. A month later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the institute would be shut down, but without Weiderud returning to Alexandria to carry out the shutdown.

Within the party, Weiderud, prior to his appointment as director in Alexandria, was the chairman of the Social Democrats for Faith and Solidarity. It was during this period that the side organization formed a partnership with the Islamic Association in Sweden (IFiS). According to themselves, IFiS is the Muslim Brotherhood's network organisation in Sweden.

As a reason, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Ministry could not come to an agreement with the State Property Agency (SFV) on the rent. A claim that turned out not to be true. Initially, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs classified the rental agreement with SFV as "secret", but SFV released it in a separate release of information request.

There were no rental negotiations. On the contrary, the agreement had been relatively recently renegotiated, and there were two years remaining on the rental agreement when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to shut it down. The location has since stood empty, and the premises are today for sale by the Swedish Church, the actual owner of the property. 

After the shutdown, other locations were considered, and eventually, a successor was established, with practically the same type of activity as in Alexandria, but in Amman, Jordan. Charlotta Sparre, the first Investigation Secretary from 1999, would lead the move of the temporary office in Stockholm to Amman, Jordan, where it has been in operation since 2021.

At the inauguration of the institute, representatives from all established religions and political movements in the region were invited. Except for Jews and Israeli citizens, who were excluded. The keynote speaker at the reinauguration was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Annika  Söder  (Social Democrat).

Today, since August 2024, Charlotta Sparre has been working as deputy director of the Moscow-oriented Swedish Peace Research Institute, SIPRI.

Netherlands: Somali Man on Trial for Attempted Rape & Attempted Murder

 Hat tip Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes

A Somali man is on trial in Amsterdam on charges that he attempted to rape and murder a 20-year-old woman in May 2024. Only the action of passersby and police saved the woman's life. According to the victim, she was walking alone in Amsterdam late one night when she was attacked and dragged into a nearby park. Witnesses called the police, and the suspect was arrested at the scene. 

The prosecution, however, is only asking for a sentence of 5 years for Mohammed H., who came to the Netherlands when he was 7 years old. He reportedly has a long criminal record for theft and drug offenses.

The below video from AT5 (NL) is translated by Fousesquawk. Hat tip to Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes for the subtitling.

The ICE Issue: What Is the Responsibility of State and Local Police?

This article first appeared in New English Review.

The recent events in Minneapolis, which have followed similar events in places like Chicago and other cities, highlight a breakdown in the system when it comes to the relationship between federal agents and state and local police. We have had situations in which the governors of  Illinois and Minnesota, among others, as well as the mayors of Chicago and Minneapolis, again, among others, have openly condemned ICE operations in arresting illegal aliens, even those identified as dangerous criminals. As a result, the police departments of those cities have come under fire for not securing their streets and maintaining public safety. So, just what are the duties and responsibilities of any municipal police force in the face of ICE operations?

The political leaders are arguing that it is not the job of state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws. This is true. It is also true that the federal government is not asking them to- except for notifying ICE when they have an illegal alien in their custody-which the Democratic politicians in so-called sanctuary cities forbid them to do. That in itself is outrageous. When I was in DEA, and we arrested a non-citizen for drug trafficking who was in the country illegally, notifying Immigration was one of the first things we did. When I was working in Los Angeles from 1978-1982, we had an Immigration agent assigned to our task force. He was usually present when we made the arrests. And it did not matter who the mayor of the city or the president of the US was at the time. It was our policy.

That aside, here is what the local city police forces must do-no matter what they or their political leadership think of the ICE operations. They still have a duty to maintain safe streets, and it is they who are responsible for crowd control. ICE agents are not trained in crowd control. If there is an ICE operation, and these well-organized mobs show up to interfere and attack federal agents, that's where the local police come in. That is what they are trained to do, and that is part of their sworn duty. Moreover, if federal agents of any agency find themselves under attack or faced with a situation they cannot themselves control, calling in police backup is the normal procedure, at least it was back in my days. And when your fellow law enforcement brothers and sisters are putting out a call for help, you don't stand down. You respond. I guarantee you, if an off-duty federal agent is driving down the street and sees a uniformed cop needing assistance in a dangerous situation, he or she will stop and render assistance. It is part of our culture.

Or at least it used to be. In the recent case in Chicago, when ICE agents found themselves surrounded by a hostile mob, and they called Chicago PD for assistance, the responding officers were ordered to stand down by their watch supervisor. Shame.

Now we have Minneapolis, where both Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey are openly inciting resistance by their local population (not to mention the outside agitators). Not only are they putting ICE agents' lives in danger, but everybody else's as well, including those of their own officers if and when they decide to take action. 

In an ideal Minnesota, ICE would notify the MPD that they will be operating in a certain area at a certain time. That way, if citizens start calling the police that there is trouble at such and such a location, the MPD would know what was going on and be prepared to respond if things get out of hand, because that would be their responsibility-to make sure the streets are safe.

But when the local police, in any city, abrogate their duty to engage in crowd control and secure the streets, you have scenes like we see right now in Minneapolis, ICE agents, untrained in crowd control, having to physically defend themselves with whatever they have on hand, and the optics are not pretty. 

I truly believe that the cops on the beat, whether they agree with ICE's actions or not, are not happy with the policies they are told to follow by their political leadership. And to think that fools like Governor Walz are even implying that they would use their own law enforcement forces to stop ICE is simply the height of irresponsibility.

We depend on our law enforcement agencies at every level to coordinate together and come to each other's assistance in emergency situations.  The last thing we need is a situation where two law enforcement entities are facing off against each other. If it ever comes down to that, this country is in serious trouble.

Germany: No Prison for Killer of 16-Year-Old Girl

Liana K.(16), the victim

-Junge Freiheit

Last August, we reported on the case of an Iraqi asylum-seeker who was arrested for pushing a 16-year-old girl in front of an oncoming train in Friedland, Germany, near Goettingen. Now the prosecutor has decided to drop criminal charges against the man, identified only as Muhammad A., a rejected asylum-seeker from Iraq on the grounds that he is schizophrenic. Instead, he will be sent to a psychiatric hospital.

The below article from Junge Freiheit is translated by Fousesquawk.

Charges dropped

Prosecutor deems murderer of Liana K. not criminally responsible

Germany/ January 15, 2026

No charges in the case of Liana K.  The prosecution is proceeding only for preventive detention against the Iraqi, who killed the 16-year-old. The rejected asylum-seeker is reportedly not criminally responsible.

Goettingen. The prosecutor of Goettingen has decided not to file charges against Muhammad A., the alleged murderer of the 16-year-old Ukrainian girl, Liana K. Due to a diagnosis of schizophrenia, the Iraqi asylum-seeker is judged not criminally responsible at the time of the crime, the prosecution announced on Thursday.

According to all available information, on August 11, at the Friedland Train Station,  A. pushed K. in front of a freight train traveling at 100 km/h  through the station. Liana K. was killed. The case caused nationwide attention. At the time of the crime, the perpetrator was subject to deportation. Liana's mother spoke out at the time in an interview with Junge Freiheit and demanded justice. 

Instead of charges, the prosecution has now filed an application with the Goettingen State Court for preventative detention. A preventive detention proceeding does not result in a prison sentence, rather placement in a psychiatric or rehabilitation center.

A. reportedly has had delusions

On Wednesday, Junge Freiheit reported that Liana's mother feared precisely this outcome. She pointed out last week to this news site that in 2025, A. spent a short time in custody for exhibitionism. "Where is the justice if he now goes into a psychiatric facility and not a prison for the murder of an innocent 16-year-old?"

According to the Lower Saxony Interior Ministry, in an examination of A. at the Protestant Hospital in Goettingen-Weende in April 2025, there was no mental illness found. However, he later was a patient two times for a few hours in a psychiatric clinic, including the day right before the crime in August 2025. In July, he expressed the delusion that someone wanted to kill him by gas, electricity, or poison.

After the crime, the prosecution ordered an expert opinion on the criminal responsibility. Since the end of August, Muhammad A. has been in the secure psychiatric facility in Moringen pursuant to a custody order from the Goettingen District Court. 

Italy: Moroccan Sentenced to 3-1/2 Years for Attempted Murder

Hat tip Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes.

Mogliano

A 49-year-old Moroccan man has been sentenced to 3-1/2 years of imprisonment and deportation by a judge in Treviso (Veneto), Italy. In an incident last year, the defendant broke a beer bottle during an argument with a local resident and tried to slit his throat. In all, the victim suffered 4 wounds to his ear and his face.

The below article in La Tribuna di Treviso is translated by Fousesquawk.

He tried to slit a man's throat during an argument: Three years, six months for attempted homicide

The argument occurred a few months ago in the area of the train station. The victim, a 49-year-old, has suffered permanent damage to his face

Marco Filippi    January 13, 2026

Caption: The injured man on the ground in a pool of blood

With the neck of a broken glass bottle, he hit the resident of Mogliano 4 times, aiming for the neck.

Fortunately, the blows did not hit him in the jugular, but the blows inflicted caused permanent damage to one ear and to his mouth. The attack, occurring in May of last year, resulted in the arrest of Moroccan Isam Rachid, 49, of Mogliano (defended by attorney Massimiliano Bruni). Now comes the conviction for attempted homicide. 

In a summary trial, Judge Carlo Colombo sentenced Rachid to three years, six months, and twenty days. Once the accused serves his sentence, he will be expelled from Italy. Rachid benefited from a 1/3rd reduction of sentence due to the summary trial and recognition of mitigating circumstances.  

The aggravating circumstance of trivial motives, argued by the prosecutor, was also dropped as the surveillance cameras of the Daspar Supermarket, located on via Roma, near the train station, where the attack occurred, show that the provocation between the two was reciprocal. The injured party, Luigi D., 49, of Mogliano, was part of the civil part (of the trial) along with attorney Massimo Benozzati.   

The attack

The two, in fact, knew each other because a few days previous, they had a heated argument. It appears that the resident of Mogliano, who lives in the vicinity, had reproached the Moroccan because he had harassed some young girls near the station. A few days later, in the afternoon of May 27, 2025, the two ran into each other on via Roma, near the Despar, behind the train station.

The bitterness of the argument of a few days previous, evidently, had not passed. During a new argument, the Moroccan, who had a bottle of beer in his hand, resorted to action. After smashing the bottle, Rachid lunged at the Mogliano resident with the clear intent to strike him in the throat. Four blows injured the 49-year-old in the face, and he still bears the scars.

First responses and the arrest

The incident occurred in front of several people, some of whom called 112. The Carabinieri arrived at the scene a short time later and found the resident of Mogliano on the ground in a pool of blood. The 118 emergency personnel, responding to the scene, quickly transported the injured person to the Ca' Foncello di Treviso Hospital, while the Moroccan was arrested for attempted homicide by the Carabinieri from the Mogliano station 

After spending a few days in Santa Bona Prison, the Moroccan was placed under house arrest in the apartment where he lives in Mogliano.

The man is actually in the country legally, and, before the incident, had no criminal record. In the course of the investigation, the public prosecutor, Giovanni Valmassoi, had ordered an expert evaluation to determine if the blows inflicted were potentially fatal.

The conclusions of the expert were unequivocal. Analysing both the wounds of the injured party and the films of the supermarket, it was clear that the Moroccan struck to kill. Once the sentence is served, the Moroccan will be expelled from Italy, as ordered by Judge Colombo.

Netherlands: Axe Attack in Nijmegen

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On January 7, in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, some sort of dispute broke out between two men at a checkout line in a supermarket. Subsequently, one of the men began to chase the other out of the store with an axe, striking him at least once before bystanders overpowered him. The victim, a 39-year-old man, not further identified, was taken conscious to a hospital. The attacker, identified only as a 45-year-old man from Nijmegen, is in custody, and neither his name nor a motive has been released.

Witnesses interviewed by reporters at the scene blamed the government for the incident, and one stated that "they should all be sent to Siberia." In the videotape of the incident, one person, possibly the suspect, is heard to possibly say "takbir" (which in Arabic is related to the phrase, Allahu Akhbar") a couple of times, but this is not certain. It should also be pointed out here that one of the bystanders who responded and helped overpower the attacker was named Mohammed.  

We will update this story as further details become available. In the meantime, the article below from RTL Nieuws is translated by Fousesquawk.

   

Man attacked with axe in a shopping center, bystanders intervene

RTL News  January 8, 2026 Updated January 8, 2026

A serious incident (occurred) in a Nijmegen shopping center yesterday afternoon. A 45-year-old man from Nijmegen attacked at least one bystander with an axe. A 39-year-old man was injured and was taken to the hospital. The suspect is under arrest. The incident was filmed by bystanders.

Caption: Screenshot from the video

The images show that initially, a scuffle breaks out at the cashier of a supermarket, in which a person runs away. In the background, screaming and yelling can be heard.  

Watch the images here.

Further on in the shopping center, the axe is wielded again. Both the man with the weapon and another involved bystander landed on the ground.

Several bystanders rushed to help, and the man was then overpowered. According to the police, the victim was conscious and taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Dispute

The two men involved, according to a witness, had a dispute with each other before the incident that was captured on video, Raymond Jansson told De Geldlander. According to him, Jansson was one of the men who managed to overpower the suspect with the blade. 

Attempted manslaughter

The police inform RTL News that the man is suspected of attempted manslaughter. Depending on the investigation, that suspicion could change. The man is in custody, and the exact circumstances surrounding the violence are still under investigation.

Police are not sharing more information in connection with the investigation.