A new terrorist attack, this time in Strasbourg, one of the capitals of political Europe, headquarters of the European Parliament. The Islamic terrorist matrix now seems confirmed. The attacker who opened fire at the Christmas markets, however, in this case does not come from the Middle East but was born in France and is defined as a "hybrid", that is, someone who became radicalized after being involved in common crime. In short, one that mixes common crimes such as robbery, drug dealing, extortion from Islamic radicalism. It is very likely that the radicalization occurred in prison where the man would have been detained several times in the past. In fact, he was already known to the police force, he had been registered as dangerous and had narrowly escaped a search yesterday morning as part of an investigation into an extortion case. The Special he talked about it with the psychiatrist and forensic criminologist Alessandro Meluzzi with which we tried to understand how it is possible to identify and stop these so-called "hybrid" subjects.
The terrorism alarm returns. There are those who denounce a lowering of the guard level and an underestimation of the risk profile when faced with subjects defined as "hybrid", halfway between common crime and terrorism. He agrees?
“I don't know whether or not we've let our guard down. It is true that defending a city during the Christmas holidays from an Islamic attack carried out by a radicalized terrorist son of Ius Soli is very difficult. Surely, and this seems to me to be a fact, this man was known to the secret services. At this point we are faced with two hypotheses: or to an objective underestimation of the risk as has already happened in France on other occasions, or as many write on social networks, the suspicion may arise that in a very difficult socio-political context like the one the country is facing today, Raising the guard on a terrorism alert could constitute the classic operation to divert public opinion. It is a sin to think badly, but we often get it right".
He is saying that he believes the theory of those who say that it could have been a maneuver to raise the alarm threshold in the country and perhaps have a pretext to harshly repress the yellow vest protests is probable?
“Obviously it is a malignancy and I am careful not to take it at face value. There is nothing concrete that leads in this direction. But the fact that this attack is happening now, right in the middle of very high social tension and with President Macron in obvious difficulties, inevitably it can only unleash all kinds of conspiracy theories. I repeat, I do not support this thesis which has already been circulated on the occasion of other attacks, but it is equally true that the French secret services enjoy a reputation for great unscrupulousness in the world of international intelligence".
The terrorist is defined as a hybrid, that is, a subject who mixes terrorism with crime. But how is it possible to defend oneself from individuals of this type?
“I would avoid using these improper terminologies, which risk making us lose sight of the problem. We are in the presence of a real Islamic terrorist, it is not known whether it belonged to an organized cell, who probably became radicalized in prison. Europe is full of people like this. Ora, if it is true that he was known to the secret services as highly dangerous and radicalized, I think it's useless to define it as a hybrid, a common criminal. He had to be rendered harmless. Come? Simply throwing him in prison and throwing away the key. But who knows why when it comes to potential terrorists we all become guaranteeists".
According to her, the choice of Strasbourg is linked only to the presence of the Market and therefore to the high number of people in circulation to be affected, or even by the political significance that the city has as the seat of the European Parliament?
“Strasbourg is a key city of European symbolism, as well as being the seat of the EU Parliament, it is also a border city between France and Germany, so the choice is certainly not random. Then sure, the presence of the Christmas Market in this period had its importance. I would say that everything is connected".
At this point we need to be afraid again? The period of respite from the attacks that we have had recently was the classic calm before the storm? A strategy precisely motivated by the desire to lower one's guard?
“The phenomenon of terrorism continues to persist, so I think that the guard should never have been lowered. Out of eight million Muslims in circulation I think there are more than one who are radicalized".
Intelligence has therefore once again leaked?
“Yes, or maybe not even. It could have made water but also wine. It depends on the result you wanted to achieve. But here we return to the sphere of conspiracy theories.".
source: https://www.lospecialegiornale.it/attentato-strasburgo-parla-meluzzi-qualcosa-non-torna/