Attack after attack, horror, emotion and controversy are quickly driven out by the news.
And, each year, the report on terrorism by Europol, the European criminal police agency, reminds us of a triple reality: Islamist attacks continue, they strike everywhere in Europe, particularly in France.
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A worrying sign: in 2020, and for the first time since 2017, the number of attacks in Europe even started to rise.
Jihadist terrorism,
"the greatest terrorist threat to the European Union",
according to Europol boss Catherine De Bolle, has struck ten times, killing 12 and injuring 47 in France, Germany and Austria.
Ten attacks against 3 in 2019, 7 in 2018 and 10 in 2017. If we add 3 attacks in the United Kingdom and 2 in Switzerland, we arrive at 15 attacks in Europe.
A worrying increase, because it comes after the setbacks of the Islamic State in the Syrian-Iraqi zone, the further increased mobilization of the anti-terrorism services and
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