German Ricin Bomb Plot Conviction Highlights Non-Conventional Terror Threats

摘要

As terrorists seek to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, counterterrorism authorities remain concerned about how malicious actors may escalate attacks or try to weaponize the coronavirus. Amid this backdrop, it is important to contextualize recent plots involving nonconventional terrorism, particularly bioweapons. Earlier this year, a German court sentenced a Tunisian man and Islamic State sympathizer, Sief Allah H., to 10 years in prison for planning a biological attack involving ricin, a lethal poison.