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Do you think attacks like the one that happened in New Zealand will increase in frequency in the West?

Asked by Demosthenes (14933points) March 15th, 2019

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the mass shooting that occurred in New Zealand:

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html

During Friday Prayers, a group of four people were involved in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The ringleader of the attack, an Australian national, apparently posted a white nationalist manifesto online decrying Muslim immigration.

I’m concerned that this kind of extremism and hostility toward Muslim immigrants (the synagogue shooting in the U.S., now this) will increase or if these are just flukes.

You don’t have to answer the question I asked. Any thoughts on this shooting are welcome.

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