Terrorist attacks are increasingly unpredictable. Manchester provides a key lesson in identifying how the gap between hypothetical plans and the reality of incidents is widening.
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
The attacks in Manchester and London can be categorized as ‘newest’ terrorism, which is more lethal and public than previous forms of terrorism.
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The latest wave of terrorism aims to kill as many people as possible, as horrifically as possible, with new tools and methods. That makes fighting back more difficult.
Armed police on St Thomas Street, London, near the scene of the terrorist incident at Borough Market.
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Once we switch from focusing on total terror deaths (or attacks) per country to terror deaths per capita, relevant conclusions about what drives terrorism change dramatically.
Khuram Shazad Butt (left) and Rachid Redouane, named as two of the men shot dead by police following the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market.
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