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Protective Intelligence Lessons From a White Supremacist Attack in Germany
Oct 15, 2019 | 09:30 GMT
(HENDRIK SCHMIDT/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)
Highlights
- Like many jihadists, the white supremacist who attacked a German synagogue on Yom Kippur was radicalized online and had no known connection to far-right extremist groups.
- Even so, several points existed during his attack cycle where he would have been vulnerable to detection had someone been paying attention.
- Locked doors and the congregation's alertness prevented an even larger tragedy in this case, but it would have been better to detect and prevent the attack during the planning phase.
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