According to Europol, the principal security concern for European Union member states remains jihadist terrorism and the closely related phenomenon of foreign fighters. The jihadist threat facing Finland has markedly increased in recent years and has grown more complex, making it increasingly difficult to predict and counter. Against this alarming backdrop, a deeply disturbing case has recently been unearthed by the team of journalists of Blitz, a 23-year-old newspaper enjoying global repute for investigative journalism. The case involves a Finnish female citizen who attempted to bring a violent jihadist from Bangladesh to Finland by falsely claiming him to be her husband. Subsequent findings revealed that the entire process was an elaborate immigration fraud.

In January this year, a violent jihadist named Mahdi Hasan was seen threatening police officers at Shayestaganj Police Station in Habiganj district, Bangladesh, after one of his accomplices had been detained. During the confrontation, Hasan allegedly boasted that he had burned the police station and murdered a Hindu police officer, Shontosh Chowdhury (Shuvo), during the July–August jihadist coup in Bangladesh.

It may be recalled that Shontosh Chowdhury (Shuvo), an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Bangladesh Police, was mercilessly beaten and killed by Islamist mobs reportedly led by Mahdi Hasan inside the police station on August 5, 2024. Law enforcement officers at the station were left helpless in the face of overwhelming mob........

© Blitz