Islamister greide ikke gjennomføre ett eneste vellykket terrorangrep i Europa ifjor, selv om de gjorde mange forsøk. Europol er nå mer redd for ensomme ulver.

Its report, out on Wednesday (25April), highlighted that «member states have not reported a single al-Qaeda affiliated or inspired terrorist attack actually carried out in 2011.»

The development comes not for want of trying. «The al-Qaeda-affiliated or inspired threat towards Scandinavia and Germany rose steadily during 2011, whilst other member states, such as France, Spain and the UK, remained constant targets and centres for radical activities,» it added.

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Romania also registered jihadist activity.

Police forces arrested 17 people for planning Islamist attacks, down from 89 in 2010. One man tried to bomb Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten, which published cartoons making fun of Mohammed in 2005. Another man tried to poison water supplies in Spain to avenge Osama bin Laden.

More than 60 arrests concerned suspected membership of groups such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or the Somalia-based al-Shabab. Another 40-or-so related to «terrorist propaganda,» illicit financing or possession of arms and explosives.

EU police warn of new-model jihad threat