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Written by Alexandros Niklan Sr . Security Consultant
“ Mentally Disturbed ”. The new “ lone wolf terrorist ” profile .
This small article describes a new point of view on " mental illness " that authorities use recently while they tend to describe attacks taking place by people all over Europe and Israel as actions coming from a person in such state .
Terrorist profile of a radical believer of Islam , describes a person who has a different perception of logic and “ baptizes ” his action with a " divine seal " directed by altered quotes of Islam , as to accomplish his goals . In a way , someone would say that he might be mentally disturbed . Something that we are regularly hear / watch when an attack takes place in the West .
First we need to think what constitutes mental illness . Most people with a disturbed mental state are rarely murderers or become such in process . A small percentage that indeed killed and injured others , did it under pressure caused by other factors or as a way to enjoy their lust on pain / blood ( e . g . serial killers ).
However today when we see these attacks taking place by people with knives and machetes , none of the above is valid . They are certainly not under bad temper or pressure in order to consider that they have been pushed to crime . For example , an employee who lost his job and took a gun and hostages , is under pressure but he still has his stable mind and he is , most of the times , handled . This is not valid on these attacks . There is no room for reasoning with them and they seem to finish the attack it in a flash-action , killing spree . Not to mention that right after their actions they tend to evade arrest by running away instead of following the “ martyr ’ s way ”. Somehow this does not look like a sign of an ill-minded person .
Second point of reference now , is the amount of similarities those persons have . They all have origin from M . East and N . Africa . They are usually 2nd or 3rd generation immigrants , taking citizenship of their hosting country . They are also all desperate Muslims who after some time , seem that this religion becomes their life doctrine , as they attend regularly radical preaching and prayers . It is quite strange for Authorities to ignore and not being able to identify the obvious profile similarities on this raid of recent attacks , named as “ mentally disturbed actions ”.
In a profile of these attackers , there are points like that they are usually in their early 20 ' s to mid 30 ' s , of Muslim belief , killing with no apparent goal and have no signs of mental illness , rather than their killing actions against many . Somehow , it seems that this story does not stick . Too many coincidences and lack of evidences to support such stories . Theory looks like to becoming quite obvious here , but since i too , do not have evidence but only strong indications please bear with me . Most of the attackers are either connected to radical circles or self-influenced by news and internet clips / tutorials of radical Islam . Their goal becomes to accomplish something that will distinguish them and provide their actions
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