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“... "That is certainly possible, we had corresponding indications," said Hans-Jakob Schindler, the director of the NGO Counter Extremism Project (CEP), to the "Frankfurter Rundschau". However, Schindler sees no evidence of Russia or the Taliban's involvement in the attacks in Germany: "Acts of violence shortly before important elections would certainly suit the Russians," said the extremism researcher. "However, attacks cannot be timed precisely. For that to happen, Russia would have to intervene directly with the perpetrator in question. That should have been noticed during the investigations into the attacks of the last few months," said Schindler.”

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February 18, 2025
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“... The Munich attack once again shows the increased threat of terrorism in Germany. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler explains why reforms in the regulation of social media, the legal basis of security and police services and the management of migration are urgently needed. Once again, a terrorist attack has shaken Germany. Since the knife attack in Solingen in May 2024, this is the sixth terrorist attack in ten months and, together with the attack in Magdeburg in December 2024, the second terrorist attack in which a vehicle was used as a means of committing the crime. There is currently very little concrete information available about the perpetrator in Munich.”

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February 16, 2025
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“How can we prevent what happened in Munich this week in the future? In an interview, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler makes three demands. Mr. Schindler, Mannheim, Solingen, Magdeburg, Aschaffenburg - and now an attack in Munich... Hans-Jakob Schindler: You're forgetting the attack in Munich in September 2024, when the Islamist shot at the consulate in Munich and the Nazi Documentation Center with a rifle. Munich has been affected for the second time now. That's six attacks in ten months. That's pretty serious.”

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February 14, 2025
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“... Schindler is a terrorism expert and director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). " Cars were used on Christmas in Magdeburg and on New Year's Day in New Orleans. So it's not totally surprising that another car attack has been attempted," he says. According to the vice president of the Munich police headquarters, Christian Huber, the suspected attack in Munich happened like this: At around 10:30 a.m., a 24-year-old man drove behind the demonstration in his car, overtook a police car protecting the group, accelerated - and drove into the back of the demonstration.”

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February 14, 2025
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "A leading counter-terrorism expert has called for urgent reforms in Germany following three attacks in as many months, with the latest suspected terror incident unfolding in Munich on Thursday. The expert's comments come after a car rammed into protesters in central Munich - leaving 28 people injured. Two people are fighting for their lives and 26 others were injured after a Mini Cooper ploughed into a crowd of trade union protesters in Munich. Speaking to GB News, Hans Jakob Schindler said: "Clearly, there is a very tragic situation in Germany. "We had now three attacks in three months, one in December by someone who's been living here in Germany for many, many years was an anti-islamist.”

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February 13, 2025
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“23 burned-out police vehicles, property damage totaling around two million euros: that is the result of the fire at the police dog unit in the Munich district of Allach-Untermenzing on the night of January 25th. The police are investigating arson and assume that the attack was carried out by serial offenders. A reward of 10,000 euros has been offered for information leading to these. Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann ( CSU ) sees "basic terrorist features". But what does that mean? Terrorism and extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), explains what is known about the case so far.”
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February 4, 2025
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“Demonstrations in front of offices must be accepted, says Hans-Jakob Schindler, an expert on political extremism, with regard to the protest in front of the CDU party headquarters. But storming offices and threatening employees is beyond a political debate.”
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January 31, 2025
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“In Aschaffenburg, a man kills two people. Politicians react to the act of violence by criticizing Olaf Scholz… Hans -Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Germany, told IPPEN.MEDIA about the knife attack in Aschaffenburg: "The case shows once again that the management of deportation procedures simply does not work effectively enough in Germany." The topic is not new, however: "It has been talked about repeatedly since Solingen at the latest, but apparently nothing has really improved." Regarding the possible motive for the knife attack in Aschaffenburg, Schindler said: "Based on the current information, I also believe that there are no elements that would indicate an Islamist act. For example, previous contact with extremist circles or indications and announcements that would indicate such a motive." At the same time, however, he made it clear that the attack played into the hands of populists. "Alice Weidel and Sahra Wagenknecht were among the first to express such a view."”
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January 24, 2025
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“One day after the horrific attack in Aschaffenburg, many questions remain unanswered. In particular: How could this even happen? Enamullah O.* (28) was no stranger to the authorities. He was called out to police several times. He is said to have once strangled a Ukrainian woman. "How could the police fail so badly? They all knew that he wasn't right in the head," said an Afghan who lives in the same refugee shelter as O., stunned… The background to the attack in Aschaffenburg is still unclear. For Hans-Jakob Schindler, an expert at the Counter Extremism Project, the knife attack shows how tense the situation in Germany is. And that the authorities have a system problem. "At the moment, it looks as if the complex administrative processes for deportation from Germany were once again not implemented effectively," the former UN Security Council advisor on global terrorism sanctions told Blick.”
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January 23, 2025
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"Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project also sees a growing danger from IS terror for Europe and Germany . However, a special fund alone will not provide a solution, Schindler warned in an interview with the Münchner Merkur . "Money alone is not a solution. The legal basis must first be created, only then can the money from a special fund be used effectively," said Schindler.”"

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January 8, 2025
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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