Afghan Attacker: Terror and Attack

afghan attacker: It is known by now that the 17-year-old Afghan attacker had produced a video announcing to IS propagandists his plan to attack "unbelievers:" does that qualify his action as "systematic" although no terror organization had actually orchestrated it Avoiding the term 'terror' German media have been describing the event as an "attack," not a "terror attack." And the event seems even less like an orchestrated act of Islamist terror since there have been indications that the young man may have turned into a radical Islamist within only a few days after hearing about the death of a good friend back in Afghanistan, according to Deutsche Welle. But whatever the terminology may be: Many people see something systematic in the series of large and small attacks carried out without exception by Muslims. That suggests that the axe and knife attack on a train near Würzburg maybe wasn't terrorism at all. Many are afraid their own lives are at risk - and that the very point of terrorism. Many comments on the Würzburg attack blame Angela Merkel September 2015 decision to open the borders to refugees. Fear breeds irrational behavior - social media make that abundantly clear. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.