The phrase "active role in attacking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing participation or involvement in an aggressive or confrontational action, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The organization played an active role in attacking the misinformation spread by rival groups."
Alternatives: "proactive involvement in assaulting" or "engaged participation in attacking".
The court also acquitted one defendant, Dragan Papic, saying his role in the local militia was unclear and there was insufficient evidence to show he had played an active role in the attack.
Hernández and Haydée Santamaría, who also took an active role in the attack, were captured and sentenced to seven-month prison sentences, of which they each served five months.
The UN must play a much more active role in denouncing inevitable attacks on women's rights in America and globally.
The Islamic-State-connected Amaq news agency said Bouhlel "executed the operation in response to calls to target citizens of coalition nations that fight the Islamic State". It is unclear whether the group played any active role in planning the attack or training Bouhlel.
Mr. Headley has pleaded guilty to an active role in the three-day attack in Mumbai in 2008 that left 160 people dead, but he will avoid the death penalty by testifying against Mr. Rana, who is accused of aiding the attack.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Obama administration formally proposed a sale of advanced spy drones to help South Korea take a more active role in its own defense from any attack by the heavily armed North.
Patatin-like phospholipases have been shown to play an active role in establishing successful defence responses against bacterial attacks.
Gov. Cuomo was under attack because of his active role in helping Stanley Lundine, his chosen candidate for lieutenant governorship, successfully challenge the nominating petitions that, under state election law, would validate the candidacy for lieutenant governor of Abaham Hirschfeld.
This destruction is immune-mediated with infiltrating leukocytes attacking the beta cells, but growing evidence suggests that the beta cell itself also plays an active role in its own destruction1.
France had not taken an active role in Canadian affairs since the cession of New France in 1763, and the French Revolution (1789)—particularly the revolutionary attack on the Roman Catholic church caused further friction between France and French Canadians.
