"A video has also surfaced showing a masked man claiming allegiance to IS. It is possible that this is the 26-year-old Syrian who is said to have carried out the attack in Solingen. However, there is much to suggest that he was not directly controlled by IS. "My theory is that he radicalised himself and had little to no direct connection to IS beforehand. He only sent the video to the terrorist organisation shortly before the attack," says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project in an interview with this editorial team."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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