The London terror attack on March 22, 2017, resulted in at least four fatalities and numerous injuries when a 4x4 vehicle struck pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before the assailant attacked a police officer with a knife. The attacker, identified as Khalid Masood, was known to police for previous offenses, including possession of offensive weapons. Initial reports suggest that the attack was politically motivated, potentially linked to Islamist-related terrorism, although the full investigation is ongoing. The incident highlights the challenges of predicting and preventing such attacks, especially those involving less lethal weapons like knives.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/europe/belgium-antwerp-car-intercepted/"He was looking to kill people and to cause something dramatic," Hollande said in a statement.
Belgian public broadcaster RTBF reported the individual detained in Antwerp was too inebriated with alcohol to initially answer questions from police, had drugs in his possession and was believed to be possibly linked to drug trafficking.
Earlier this month, a suspected Islamist extremist who was shot dead by police after taking a female soldier hostage at Orly airport was under the influence of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine, according to toxicological tests cited by French prosecutors.
The incident comes one day after an attack in London -- which started with a driver plowing into people with a vehicle -- killed three people...
Agree, that is common schizo type behavior, so it does not even need to have a rational explanation. it doesn't.zoobyshoe said:Today, a similar attack is deflected in Antwerp:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/europe/belgium-antwerp-car-intercepted/
"Copycat" phenomenon, I'd say.
I agree with all above except this.There's no evidence I've seen that indicates the attacker was crazy. A loon operates almost by definition in isolation. Loons don't have a group like ISIS claim responsibility for the attack (true or false). The public may not respond differently, but politically or religious driven attackers require a different response from law enforcement. And law enforcement has reacted differently. For instance, it threw Anjem Choudary in prison for supporting ISIS.Ryan_m_b said:One nutter...
zoobyshoe said:If this is what it sounds like, why wasn't he in jail?
Right. He was in jail twice, in fact. That info eventually came out.Vanadium 50 said:He was. He served his sentence and was released.