{
  "id": 6244370,
  "title": "EU warns of chilling new terror menace 25 years after 9/11 as online youths seek violent thrills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eu-warns-of-chilling-new-terror-menace-25-years-after-9-11-as-online-6244370",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T06:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260908/eu-warns-of-chilling-new-terror-menace-25-years-after-911-as-online-youths-seek-violent-thrills"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, European Union authorities have warned of a new threat from online jihadists. Despite the passage of time, extremist groups remain a significant security concern in Europe. However, a fresh danger has emerged, primarily fueled by young individuals on the internet. Authorities are gravely concerned about this emerging phenomenon, known as nihilistic violent extremism.\n\nInvestigators from nine European nations managed to uncover around 4,340 web addresses associated with a network nicknamed \"The COM\" during a crackdown in June and July. Speaking ahead of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter described the situation to The Associated Press. He emphasized that this new threat involves violence without any purpose or motive other than the act itself.\n\nIn the previous year, there were 45 terrorist incidents reported across 10 of the 27 EU countries. While most of these attacks were small and failed, six people lost their lives. A total of 486 individuals suspected of having links to terrorism were arrested across 21 member states.",
  "summary": "BRUSSELS — A quarter of a century after the Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, jihadist groups still pose a major threat to security in Europe, but a new menace has surfaced that is driven mostly by young people online and the authorities are worried. The exact size of the network behind what is being called nihilistic violent extremism is unclear. But police investigators from nine European…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "EU warns of a chilling new terror menace 25 years after 9/11 as online youths seek violent thrills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eu-warns-of-a-chilling-new-terror-menace-25-years-after-9-11-as-6242210",
        "published": "2026-09-08T05:12:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "EU warns of a chilling new terror menace 25 years after 9/11 as online youths seek violent thrills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eu-warns-of-a-chilling-new-terror-menace-25-years-after-9-11-as",
        "published": "2026-09-08T05:23:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "EU warns of chilling new terror menace 25 years after 9/11 as online youths seek violent thrills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eu-warns-of-chilling-new-terror-menace-25-years-after-9-11-as-online",
        "published": "2026-09-08T06:02:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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