Subject: Islamic State threat poster encourages vehicle ramming attacks
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Islamic State supporters recirculate threat poster on social media encouraging vehicle ramming attacks. "Run over them without mercy." More via email.
Supplemental Info:
The poster below was originally published in 2017 by the Islamic State's Nashir News Agency. The self-explanatory graphic is now circulating again on social media and discussion forums associated with ISIS and their followers.
Vehicle-ramming attacks are considered unsophisticated, in that a perpetrator could carry out such an attack with minimal planning and training. It is likely that terrorist groups will continue to encourage followers to employ unsophisticated tactics such as vehicle-ramming, since these types of attacks minimize the potential for premature detection and could inflict mass fatalities if successful. Further, events that draw large groups of people — and thus present an attractive vehicle ramming target — are usually scheduled and announced in advance, which greatly facilitates attack planning and training activities.
From 2014 through 2017 alone, terrorists carried out 17 known vehicle ramming attacks worldwide, resulting in 173 fatalities and 667 injuries.
The 2024 Magdeburg Christmas market attack killed 5 and injured at least 235 others.
The 2025 New Orleans attack has killed at least 15 and injured 35 others.
AlertsUSA urges subscribers to increase your level of situational awareness when walking near roadways, service drives and bike paths. Communicate the need for your children to keep the ear buds and smart phones in their pocket and their head on a swivel.
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