Post Nice, How to Outwit Terrorists and New Means of Attack
The world was stunned by the most recent terror attack in Nice on Bastille Day, when a 31-year-old French national of Tunisian origin, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, rammed his 19-tonne truck into a merry-making crowd, killing 84 and injuring over 50. As ISIS had claimed that he was their militant, he may have been well-indoctrinated and radicalised, possibly by the ISIS and his motivation was to kill only and it was a ‘mission accomplished’. ISIS is losing its steam in Iraq and Syria and therefore, it’s looking for newer grounds and fresh methods to remain alive and kicking. With stepped-up intelligence and vigil by countries such as France and Belgium especially, the Islamic terrorists are taking recourse to such methods where the impact of killing is maximum, use of manpower is minimal and propaganda is at its hilt to derive the mileage.
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