Eric King
A German terrorist suicide attack that injured 11 and killed the suicide bomber, was a failure. The attack which occurred in front if a restaurant on Sunday night, was planned on a wide scale but was unsuccessful in terms of its overall objective.
The suicide attack was targeted at a music festival nearby where 2,500 people gathered and eventually had to be evacuated. A man with a rucksack had earlier been denied entry to the festival, where he intended to wreak his havoc.
Heavily armed police were quickly mobilised to the scene of the attack, but the attacker detonated the home on himself in a suicide attack. He was caught camera, though his mission was not fully successful. The aim would have been to achieve a lot more loss of life than he did.
The attack is nevertheless is a grim reminder of the ongoing threat terrorism continues to pose on modern day societies worldwide. It is unclear why Germany was targeted, but it could be a number of reasons. What matters most in this case that the goal of this terrorist attack failed since no lives were lost. However, its aim of causing fear and uncertainty of our safety as world citizens.
It keeps us the continuous reminder to be vigilant as individuals and a nation. This suicide bomber would have preferred to cause death and serious damage to as large a crowd as possible, but failed. They have in recent months succeeded in France and Turkey, and once before today, in Germany. Although no links to a terrorist network were established in that attack, a lone wolf attack should still be classed a terrorist attack since a lone wolf is still terrorising, and has the objective of causing fear and death.
Sports events, musical festivals, and large gatherings of any type including night clubs are on high alert in Germany, England, America, and most countries in the world. However, much will always depend on the quality of the security and intelligence level if respective countries. England is quite high in both security and intelligence and has foiled countless terrorist attempts, bringing the intended perpetrators before the courts where many have been jailed for preparing deadly attacks on British soil.
However, the terrorists that may be difficult to track may be those with no affiliation with terrorist organisations, who act on their own without caring to leave a note expressing their reasons for the attack. Some of them may have mental health problems, but also have hidden grievances with the west, and one day plan unnoticed to embark on a deadly mission.
This suicide attack may also be a symbolic representation of British Prime Minister, Theresa May’s recent visit to Germany to meet with their prime minister to discuss Brexit talks. Terrorists are of conscious of meaningful events. The spate of recent terrorist attacks may have as one of its key purposes, the goal of making EU countries less safe, by conducting attacks across the continent.
There have been a number of claims that the Brexit outcome will be bad for international co-operation against the evils of terrorism, though this is not a certainty that can easily be confirmed. If true, terrorists may already be conducting their own experiments of how easily they can evade detection in the execution of their terrorist acts.
