The Arras knife attack is the third Islamist attack perpetrated since 2018 by a young terrorist from the North Caucasian community (predominantly Chechen and Ingush, two Muslim peoples united by history). And that's not counting the numerous anti-terrorist raids and criminal convictions targeting similar profiles.
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In reality, specialized services have had individuals from this community in their sights for nearly twenty years. In the 2010s, a police officer spoke of a disturbing mix of would-be terrorists: the personal and collective trauma of the two wars in Chechnya marked by Russian atrocities, an enthusiastic embrace of radical Islam and a Caucasian tradition exalting physical prowess and military exploits. The numbers speak for themselves.
In 2016, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) indicated that, at that time, 7% to 8% of the individuals concerned by the Syrian-Iraqi networks...
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