00:01Whilst jihadist terrorism remains a significant threat to Europe, a new risk is emerging.
00:07This danger is primarily posed by young people online.
00:11The scale of the threat is difficult to assess.
00:14However, police forces in nine European countries have identified more than 4,000 URLs linked to this form of terrorism
00:22known as nihilistic violent extremism.
00:25We've seen a number of attacks and where violence is the, let's say, both the driver and the goal of
00:36those communities.
00:38So it's very much fascination with violence.
00:41It's violence as a means of asserting oneself, as a means of gaining status in those online communities.
00:47And we call it nihilistic because there's not a link or a direct link with ideology.
00:56So it's violence for the sake of violence.
00:5945 terrorist attacks were reported last year in 10 European Union member states.
01:05Around half were followed or failed, but six people were killed in these attacks.
01:10In total, 486 people suspected of having links to terrorism were arrested in 21 member states, according to the European
01:20police agency Europol.
01:22Jihadist groups were behind 24 of these attacks and accounted for more than 70% of the arrests.
01:29These attacks are difficult to prevent as those involved generally have no criminal record and leave only online traces often
01:38hidden behind encrypted barriers or within closed communities.
01:42The European Union counter-terrorism coordinator pointed that 85% of investigations take place in a digital environment.
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