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Extremist Content Online: Online ISIS Supporters Celebrate Vienna Attack,
Encourage Additonal Violence

(New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the
methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms
to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, ISIS supporters on
Telegram, RocketChat and Hoop celebrated the November 2 Vienna, Austria terror
attack in which four people were killed and 23 wounded by Kujtim Fejzulai. In
addition, ISIS affiliated Amaq News released a video in which Fejzulai, posing
with his weapons, pledged his allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
al-Quraishi and links to the video were spread via Telegram and RocketChat.
Amaq News also claimed the attack on Kabul University in which three terrorists
killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens more and ISIS online supporters on
Telegram and RocketChat spread its claim as well as an additional propaganda
photo of two of the alleged attackers.

 

Meanwhile, a pro-ISIS online media group calling itself “Virtual Battlefield”
released a French subtitled Arabic video praising Abdoulakh Anzorov, the
terrorist who murdered Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb on October 16, and
encouraging acts of violence against France and anyone accused of defaming the
Prophet Muhammad. Also, CEP researchers located a neo-Nazi Telegram channel
sharing videos and written instructions for the manufacture of homemade
explosives. Additionally, a neo-Nazi website that supports the work of James
Mason, including his book Siege, published a blog post on calling for acts of
violence against the government and Jews in order to seize power.

 

In addition, a white supremacist Telegram channel shared a link to a YouTube
video promoting a 3D printed part to convert semi-automatic AR-15 firearms to
fire fully automatic. Also, the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Club
(NSC)/NSC131 released a video on Telegram boasting of the group’s recent
coordinated international propaganda campaign undertaken by members in Hungary,
Germany, Bulgaria, and 16 U.S. states. Finally, on Election Day in the U.S.,
numerous white supremacist Telegram channels reveled in the resulting
confusion, condemned electoral politics and claimed that both candidates served
the interests of a Jewish conspiracy.

 

Online ISIS Supporters Celebrate Vienna Attack, Encourage Additional Violence

 

Online supporters of ISIS celebrated the November 2 Vienna, Austria attack in
which four people were killed and 23 wounded. On November 3, ISIS’s Amaq News
agency claimed responsibility. Austrian authoritiesidentified
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Fejzulai, who was convicted in April 2019 for attempting to join ISIS in Syria.
Fejzulai was armed with a rifle, a pistol, and a fake explosive vest. ISIS
propaganda has repeatedly encouraged individuals who cannot travel to ISIS-held
territory to commit terrorist attacks in their country of residence. Austrian
police are currentlyscrutinizing
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Fejzulai’s contacts and whether he was part of a pro-ISIS network. Following
the attack, law enforcement officers arrested 14 individuals in Austria and two
in Switzerland.

           

On Telegram, RocketChat, and Hoop, ISIS supporters celebrated the attack by
praising Fezulai, sharing videos and photos taken by bystanders during the
attack, and sharing previously released ISIS propaganda videos that encourage
terrorist attacks on the west. An ISIS supporter posted an infamous bomb-making
video from the group on the File.Fm platform, which the cloud storage site
removed within 24 hours after it was reported. Information for committing
attacks was also posted on the Telegram affiliated Telegra.ph bulletin board
platform, including “how-to” sections on knife assaults and other attacks,
which originally appeared in ISIS’s Rumiyah magazine. ISIS supporters also made
posters praising the attack, posting them on Telegram and the Internet Archive.

 

 

ISIS Amaq News claim of responsibility for Vienna attack, November 3, 2020

 

ISIS Affiliated Amaq News Releases Video Of Vienna, Austria Attacker

 

On November 3, ISIS affiliated Amaq News released a video in which Kutjim
Fejzulai, posing with his weapons, pledged his allegiance to ISIS leaderAbu
Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi
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. Links to the video were spread via Telegram and RocketChat. The video was
posted to at least 14 websites on November 3: pCloud, File.Fm, SendVid,
Tune.Pk, Yadi.Sk, PixelDrain, Top4Top, Mail.Ru, MediaFire, Dropbox, the
Microsoft One Drive, the Internet Archive, Mega.Nz, and Streamable. Two days
later, the video was only available on Top4Top and the Internet Archive.

 

ISIS Affiliated Amaq News Claims Kabul University Attack

 

On November 2, ISIS affiliated Amaq News claimed that day’s earlier attack on
Kabul University in which three terroristskilled
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 at least 21 people and wounded dozens more. Gunmen wearing police uniforms
shot at students and faculty and took hostages. On Telegram and RocketChat,
ISIS online supporters spread the initial claim as well as an additional
propaganda photo of two of the alleged attackers.

 

Online Pro-ISIS Group Releases Video Praising Killer Of Samuel Paty

 

A pro-ISIS online media group calling itself “Virtual Battlefield” released a
video in Arabic with French subtitles praisingAbdoulakh Anzorov
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Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb on October 16. The video portrayed Anzorov, who
was killed by police, in a heroic light and encouraged acts of violence against
France and anyone accused of defaming the Prophet Muhammad. The video was
uploaded to the Internet Archive on November 1 and was removed after it was
reported by CEP.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel For The Manufacture Of Explosives Located

 

CEP researchers located a neo-Nazi Telegram channel made for sharing videos
and written instructions for the homemade manufacture of explosives. The
channel was created on October 29 and had over 280 members approximately one
week later. Explosives instructional videos on the channel were viewed 260,
550, 615, and 640 times, respectively. The channel also posted written step by
step explosives manufacturing guides on the Telegra.ph platform. Text on the
channel and on Telegra.ph was in both English and Russian. The explosives
channel was promoted on a Russian language white supremacist Telegram channel
with 4,800 members. The channel was reported to Telegram on November 5, but was
still accessible on November 9.

 

Neo-Nazi Website Encourages Acts Of Violence Against U.S. Government And Jews

 

A neo-Nazi website
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that supports the work ofJames Mason
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Siege, published a blog post on November 2, calling for acts of violence
against the government and Jews, in order to seize power. The author urged his
audience not to commit acts of violence against single “unimportant”
individuals, instead insinuating that they should attack high-value targets,
including infrastructure and politicians, in an effort to expose weaknesses.
The website uses Epik as their registrar and Cloudflare as their name server. A
post on the website’s Gab page had 11 likes and eight reposts two days after it
was posted.

 

White Supremacist Telegram Channel Posts Link Promoting Converting Rifles To
Fire Fully Automatic

 

On November 4, a white supremacist Telegram channel shared a link to a YouTube
video promoting a 3D printed part to convert semi-automatic AR-15 firearms to
fire fully automatic. The channel posts information on firearms, firearms
modifications, and gunsmithing and has approximately 2,000 members. The
Telegram channel has previously posted content endorsing white supremacy and
acts of violence. The account that initially posted the video uses a boogaloo
flag as an avatar. Fully automatic firearms are highly regulated in the U.S.,
and it is illegal for private citizens to modify weapons to fire more than one
round per trigger pull without properly registering with the ATF. The YouTube
video had over 215,000 views on November 5.

 

The channel’s original administrator was identified
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by anti-fascist researchers in June 2020, after he went to counter-protest an
anti-police brutality demonstration while armed in Dallas, Texas on May 30. He
allegedly gave up his administrator position in August.

 

The FBI recently alleged
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in a criminal complaint, first reported by The George Washington University’s
Program on Extremism, that an individual affiliated with the boogaloo movement
was manufacturing and selling components to modify rifles to fire fully
automatic. Timothy Watson is accused of disguising the components as wall
hangers.

 

Neo-Nazi Group Releases Video Claiming International Links

 

On November 3, the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Club (NSC)/NSC131
released a video on Telegram boasting of the group’s recent coordinated
international propaganda campaign undertaken by members in Hungary, Germany,
Bulgaria, and 16 U.S. states. NSC claims to be a collection of autonomous
regional groups united under the same banner. NSC recruits on Telegram and
through stickering and posting flyers. Members in the U.S. train in martial
arts and at least one regional group has been photographed with firearms. In
September 2020, German policesearched
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several homes, including one allegedly belonging to an NSC member, finding
weapons and neo-Nazi material.

 

White Supremacist Telegram Channels Revel In 2020 Presidential Election
Confusion, Condemn Electoral Politics

 

Following election day on November 3, numerous white supremacist Telegram
channels reveled in the resulting confusion and condemned electoral politics.
Many channels claimed that both candidates served the interests of a Jewish
conspiracy. While some channels had previously expressed limited support for
President Trump, by November 5, many had repudiated electoral politics, stating
that it did not serve white interests and that the vote was either rigged or
illegitimate altogether. Accelerationist channels pressed the idea that
democracy is a scam, with one prominent channel declaring that it was time to
try to convince people that representative government did not work and that
their readers should not “let this opportunity go to waste.”

 

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