1. RT reports 16 Jul, 2016 https://www.rt.com/news/351564-nice-attack-isis-claim/
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the truck
attack in Nice, France, that left 84 people dead, according to ISIS-affiliated
Amaq news agency.
“The
person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was
one of the soldiers of Islamic State,” Amaq said via its Telegram account.
“He carried out the operation in response to calls to target
nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State.”
2. The following two year old academic journal document reveals tactics strikingly similar to those used by the Islamist terrorist in Nice. That is
driving into crowds and then using a gun:
Petter Nesser and Anne Stenersen, “The Modus Operandi of Jihadi
Terrorists in Europe”, Perspectives on
Terrorism, Vol 8, No 6 (2014) http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/388/html and
also at https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/186933/397-2679-2-PB.pdf
Abstract
This
article provides the most thorough overview yet of how jihadis have plotted
terrorist attacks in Europe. Drawing on a database of 122 incidents, we review
trends in weapon types, attack types and target types in the period 1994–2013.
The overall finding is that jihadi terrorism in Europe is becoming more
discriminate in its targeting while attack types and weapons are becoming
progressively more diverse. The most likely scenarios in the coming three to
five years are bomb attacks and armed assaults against sub-national entities,
communities and individuals. A majority of the terrorist attacks will be
limited in scope, but mass-casualty terrorism cannot be excluded. Foreign
fighters from Syria are likely to influence the threat level in Europe, but we do
not expect them to alter patterns in modus operandi dramatically.
Under subheading: “Most Likely Tactical
Innovations”
[Page
19] “Another scenario contemplated by jihadis is the use of vehicles as
weapons. The method was first described in an infamous Inspire magazine
article from 2010 entitled “The ultimate mowing machine.”[63 - “The
ultimate mowing machine,” Inspire No. 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 53-57.] It suggested
welding steel blades on a pickup truck and then ramming it into a crowd
of people, and following up with a handgun attack if possible.
Reportedly, the perpetrators of the “Pak-Bengali Plot Luton” in 2012 discussed
ramming cars into crowds of people, while making references to the idea
presented inInspire magazine.”
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