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IS, which was responsible for the Brussels bombings in 2016, is still targeting Europeans (Photo: Eric Maurice)

Jihadist and far-right killers most dangerous in EU

Jihadist and far-right extremists were the most lethal, but Northern Irish nationalists also posed a threat, according to a new EU report on terrorism.

The killing of 17 EU civilians in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday last year showed that "the so-called Islamic State (IS) still looks to conduct large-scale attacks targeting EU citizens", Europol, the EU's joint police agency in The Hague,

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

IS, which was responsible for the Brussels bombings in 2016, is still targeting Europeans (Photo: Eric Maurice)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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