Australian gunman opens fire in Christchurch, NZ mosque

[davidbfpo]

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?

[AdamG]

Meanwhile, "Mission Accomplished" for Social Engineering at it's finest (see post 5, above).

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/n...eapons-n985686

[davidbfpo]

A NZ newspaper article looks at the murderer's background:https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?

[davidbfpo]

This post covers several topics so in a moment it will be copied to other threads on CT, lone wolves (inside the USA and beyond).

Bruce Hoffman has two articles on the rise of the extreme right as a threat.

The first is quite short and the second via WoTR is longer.

So No.1:https://www.cfr.org/article/how-seri...list-terrorism and No.2:https://warontherocks.com/2019/04/ba...f-lone-wolves/

Paul Gill, a UK-based academic writes on lone wolves after Christchurch:https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/p...oural-analysis

Raffaello Pantucci (RUSI) adds his commentary, which mainly applies to the UK:https://raffaellopantucci.com/2019/0...-not-any-more/

Then Steve Metz on why lone wolves and a somewhat pessimistic viewpoint IMHO:https://www.theamericanconservative....olf-terrorist/

A NYT graphic on the links between white extremists:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...istchurch.html