Acts of Terrorism megathread

[Zanza]

Media reports that the perpetrator was a very outspoken apostate and helped Saudi Arabian women to flee from oppression.

He was sharing content of German fascists (and Musk ofc) and argued against illegal immigration and was apparently afraid of Islamisation in Germany.

So looks like a Nazi, not an Islamist. 

[Syt]

Seems one of his most recent posts was a rant about a "hidden operation" of the German state to hunt Saudi ex-Muslims while giving refuge to Syrian jihadists.

Paranoia is a hell of a drug.

[Legbiter]

Déjà vu. 

[Duque de Bragança]

Possible terrorist attack in Northern France, five killed. 

Unlike the recent attack in Magdeburg, this is not seen by the police by a terrorist attack. More of a local brutal score settling.

[Josquius]

Media reports that the perpetrator was a very outspoken apostate and helped Saudi Arabian women to flee from oppression.

He was sharing content of German fascists (and Musk ofc) and argued against illegal immigration and was apparently afraid of Islamisation in Germany.

So looks like a Nazi, not an Islamist. 

It's a Christmas miracle. This is the man to bring all together in mutual hate.
Rational folk get to condemn him for being a nazi, nazis get to condemn him for being brown.

Unconfirmed. But I have read on twitter they blocked his account, deleted any tweets mentioning the afd or anything that way leaning, then unblocked it.

[mongers]

Possible terrorist attack in Northern France, five killed. 

Unlike the recent attack in Magdeburg, this is not seen by the police by a terrorist attack. More of a local brutal score settling.

Yes I did wonder what happened, on the news, then suddenly dropped off of the radar.

[Sheilbh]

So looks like a Nazi, not an Islamist. 

From what I've read I think it seems even less coherent than that - also big on Greater Israel and pro-asylum (just it should be for different people, people like him), for example.

I've mentioned before I think but the UK's counter-extremism program obviously has long established work against violent Islamists and neo-Nazis but I think they've said a few times recently that the fastest growing group are people who are sort of self-radicalising with "incoherent or mixed" ideology.

I think a fairly common type now is politically motivated but not politically coherent. It's individuals (often with a violent or criminal past, especially violence against women) with very idiosyncratic, incoherent political views. Think of the guy who attacked Pelosi's house: microdosing psychadelic enthusiast, Bernie supporting Qanon Trumpist.

I think it's something we've seen in many attacks around the world now and is perhaps almost the norm when you get these lone wolf style attacks. It's why I always wonder if mass shooter/killer is a better frame for understanding them than terrorist attacks (if this was a 15 year old, we would be far more comfortable discounting a political explanation). Not to go all Big Lebowski but I do feel like terrorism should involve more than one person and some organisation.