Australian gunman opens fire in Christchurch, NZ mosque
Moderator adds: Thread created in case of posts as the situation calms and assuming more information will appear. I have been asked for comments already on the wider impact of a XRW lone wolf.Australian gunman opens fire in Christchurch mosque (ends).
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...f5ae778b6da368
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The gunman has been confirmed to be Brenton Tarrant, 28, who wrote a 73-page manifesto declaring his evil intentions.
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“I was a communist, then an anarchist and finally a libertarian before becoming an eco-fascist,” he wrote.
He claims to have had brief contact with Anders Breivik, who was a far-right terrorist who killed 69 members of a youth league summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya in 2011. He killed a further eight through a car bomb in Oslo.
Australian gunman opens fire in Christchurch, NZ mosque
Created in case of posts as the situation calms and assuming more information will appear. I have been asked for comments already on the wider impact of a XRW lone wolf.
BBC News on the suspect(s) and the video of the attack being circulated:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47579243
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47583393
The XRW context and how should we respond?
No much more detail yet, although I note the NZ Police now have a joint group with the Australian police (New South Wales) and the FBI to look at the murderer's background.
There has been plenty of comment on the XRW and what the CT community should do next. Just whether there is political acceptance of the "breeding ground" for the XRW lies with hate speech, phobias and more, if occasional "mainstream" statements by political leaders - President Trump and Boris Johnson for two examples - is a very moot point IMHO.
Context and commentaries on the XRW. Starting with Raffaello Pantucci (RUSI):https://raffaellopantucci.com/2019/0...-not-any-more/ and then an on-line issue of 'Perspectives on Terrorism' in late 2018, with several articles:https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/pe...me-xii-issue-6
Two former "insider" articles on what the CT community should do now. For the USA and may be others:https://www.lawfareblog.com/christch...-international In the UK by a retired senior CT police leader:https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/0...ght-terrorism/
Perhaps some nations have a better "picture" and grip on the XRW. New Zealand and Australia appear not to be in that group, nor the USA. Some think the UK has moved along, in part due to banning one group and the Security Service (MI5) taking the lead in intelligence. The big difficulty for all is that the XRW may not operate in organized groups, so how do you target the really evil ones who are ready to act?
Looking back at it now… he hid it so well. Everyone was fooled.
A NZ newspaper article looks at the murderer's background:https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?