Source. TOI
Last month, a truck massacre in Nice on Bastille Day was followed less than a fortnight later by the grisly murder of a priest near the northern city of Rouen.
Then on Wednesday in London, a knife attack by a Norwegian of Somali origin that left an American woman dead and five wounded was followed by hours of uncertainty over whether the assailant was a jihadist. But police finally ruled out terrorism, concluding that he was mentally disturbed.
The climate of fear was sparked by a June 2014 proclamation by the Islamic State group announcing the establishment of a “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria.
Several EU member states have joined the international military coalition fighting IS, which has pledged to use any and all means to vanquish Western unbelievers and “crusaders”.
In France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls repeatedly warns of new attacks, saying “new innocent victims” are likely after the bloody attacks the country has suffered over the past year and a half.
Categories: Europe, Europe and Australia, European Union