Once again, “Lone Wolf” is not a wrong term, it forms a new al-Qaida/jihadi shift in tactics in a wider strategy. Spontaneous acts of jihad which can never be traced to a cell (because there is none), and keeps the populace off balance and in fear. They are hard to spot, using easy to obtain guns (in spite of the most draconian gun laws) with the maximum impact.
NOTE: That the PM issues a plea for “unity” is to be expected, though it is only one portion of that society whose community offers an endless supply of murderers.
Australian PM Urges Unity After Sydney Police Shooting
File Photo: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Agence France-Presse)
SYDNEY: Australians must not vilify the Muslim community, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged on Saturday, after a 15-year-old boy of Middle Eastern background was identified as the gunman who shot a police worker in Sydney the previous day.
“This appears to have been an act of politically motivated violence, so at this stage it appears to have been an act of terrorism,” Turnbull told reporters in Melbourne.
“We must not vilify or blame the entire Muslim community for the actions of what is, in truth, a very, very small percentage of violent extremist individuals.”
Unity is a 2 way street. Where was his unity 2 weeks ago?