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Where and how it occurred provides a bit of context, as far right extremist attacks have happened in the area before. Given who and where, it's not unreasonabl
by robbedpeter 5y ago
Where and how it occurred provides a bit of context, as far right extremist attacks have happened in the area before.
Given who and where, it's not unreasonable from a bayesian perspective to be highly certain this was a politically motivated murder. That region has had neo-nazi problems for many years
- spzb 5y agoThe Daily Telegraph disagrees with this analysis (you may have opinions on why this is the case)
- robbedpeter 5y agoThe venn diagrams for terrorist and assassination definitely overlap, and even more so with the loosened definition of terrorism these days. I may be wrong in assuming the politics of the attacker, but the event doesn't seem to be random - the mp was targeted at a scheduled event, so that ticks all the boxes in my mind - someone specifically targeted and murdered for political reasons was assassinated. Have a link for the daily telegraph article in question? Or at least, some more detail?
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- spzb 5y agoThe Telegraph, along with the bbc now, are saying the arrested man is British of Somalian heritage. So unlikely to be a neo-Nazi.
- robbedpeter 5y agoBarring a Clayton Bigsby parody irl, I'd have to agree that neo-nazi probably isn't his affiliation.
- GaryTang 5y ago>That region has had neo-nazi problems for many years. I would wager inhouse power dynamics or foreign influences as a more likely motive.
- blowski 5y ago> That region has had neo-nazi problems for many years Source? I lived there for nearly 40 years, and can’t say I ever experienced such problems any worse than other places.
- feer392529 5y agoMuh far right extremism. He was stabbed by some somali nigger.