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JNIM is a Salafi-jihadist organization operating in the Maghreb and West Africa that was formed through the merger of Ansar Dine, al-Mourabitoun, Katiba Macina (Macina Liberation Front/FLM), and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Threat Actor Profile
Two donkeys in a living Nativity scene were punched at the Erbach Castle Christmas market, and a Protestant church in Erbach was reportedly desecrated when suspected offenders defecated inside.
Flash Alert
Leicestershire Police reported a burglary at St Mary’s Church in Coleorton (near Coalville), during which two stained glass panels were smashed in what church leaders described as “mindless vandalism.”
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are a Zaydi revivalist and Islamist political and military organization that emerged in Yemen in the 1990s.
Reporting indicates heightened concern about imminent, coordinated violence targeting Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt during the Christmas period, with named at-risk localities in Plateau, Benue, and Kaduna states highlighted as potential objectives.
Strategic Threat Assessment
Stockton Police Department reported that officers found a woman unresponsive and she was pronounced dead in front of a church after a “subject down” call around 8:50 a.m. Friday morning near East Lindsay Street and North Sutter Street in Stockton.
A religious group seeking to purchase the Elim Pentecostal Church site in Basildon reported a break-in on November 28, occurring days after the building was damaged by fire on November 25 in a suspected arson.
ISIS-K is an Islamic State affiliate operating in the “Khorasan region” described as comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. It is also described as an Afghanistan-based offshoot of ISIS.
Two teens were arrested in Cape Coral, Florida after a series of arsons that damaged public facilities and church property.
