Jihadist group linked to terror attack on gardaí being probed

A still of Abdullah Khan’s attack on gardaí last summer.

Anti-terrorist officers are investigating the activities of a group of jihadists linked to a man who carried out an Islamist-inspired stabbing on a garda and an arson attack on a Conor McGregor pub.

In the first prosecution of a jihadist attack under the Terrorism Offences Act 2005, Abdullah Khan, aged 24, has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences, assault, and arson.