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Short thread below on recent @CTCWP Sentinel research relevant to Vienna terror attack.
"The interior minister ... said the suspect ... was a 20-year-old man of North Macedonian origin who had been convicted last year for membership of Isis after being arrested on his way to Syria to join the group. ... " (Guardian)
"... The man, who also possessed an Austrian passport, was released early from a 22-month prison sentence in December." (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/03/vienna-terror-attack-isis-sympathiser-blamed-for-shooting-that-left-dead?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Given details emerging on Vienna attack, relevant & important @CTCWP Sentinel piece from @RobinSimcox on terror threat to Europe from frustrated travelers. https://ctc.usma.edu/terrorists-stay-home-evolving-threat-europe-frustrated-travelers/
Given details emerging on the Vienna attack, here is seminal @tom_renard @CTCWP Sentinel data driven research on terrorist recidivism. It's of deep concern but the scale of the problem needs to be soberly assessed based on the best available data. https://ctc.usma.edu/overblown-exploring-the-gap-between-the-fear-of-terrorist-recidivism-and-the-evidence/
Given the information emerging on the Vienna attack, this @HannahmStuart @RobinSimcox @CTCWP Sentinel research is essential reading https://ctc.usma.edu/the-threat-from-europes-jihadi-prisoners-and-prison-leavers/
To understand the terror threat in Europe right now this wide ranging and highly illuminating @raffpantucci @CTCWP Sentinel interview of EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove is essential https://ctc.usma.edu/a-view-from-the-ct-foxhole-gilles-de-kerchove-european-union-eu-counter-terrorism-coordinator/
