Thread by @StateDept

Anarchist militants have waged terror campaigns in the United States and Europe, conspiring to undermine the foundations of Western Civilization through their brutal attacks.

The State Department will designate these four Antifa groups as Foreign Terror Organizations:

Antifa Ost is a terrorist organization based in Germany that is infamous for wielding hammers in premeditated attacks against unsuspecting victims.

This Antifa group was named a terrorist organization by Hungary after it attacked nine victims in Budapest.

The International Revolutionary Front is an Italy-based coalition of violent anarchists.

The group claimed responsibility for the shooting of an engineering executive in Genoa and sent a series of bombs to politicians, embassies, and civilian targets, injuring several people.

Armed Proletarian Justice is a violent Greek anarchist group that pledges to wage armed conflict against police officers and state infrastructure.

The terror group used dynamite to build a homemade bomb – then planted it near the Greek riot police headquarters in a failed attack.

Revolutionary Class Self Defense is a violent anarchist and anti-capitalist group in Greece that claimed responsibility for improvised explosive device attacks targeting the Greek Ministry of Labor and the offices of a major railway.

The Trump administration will continue to identify and disrupt Antifa’s terror networks across the world.

These terrorist designations deny violent organizations access to America’s financial system and impose severe penalties on those who offer support to these militant groups.