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investigating currently and there s been a big rise in knife crime. it s been a big story in london in recent months. so it plays into that wider debate. on that, max, is that crime, has it been connected to any kind of terror tactic or strategy, or is it just random? reporter: as the terror attacks have continued, they ve become more rudime rudimentary. police around london don t carry guns with them. it s hard to bring guns in an a lot of gangs and terror groups have been looking to knives as the weapon of choice. we ve seen how it can cause terrible damage in london and other parts of europe. that s why we see knives as a major threat. the mayor of london has campaigned heavily on the problem of knife crime.
is just the kind of vehicle versus civilian attack that both isis and al qaeda have encouraged their followers to execute. as nbc s tom costello reports, such attacks are difficult for law enforcement to prevent. reporter: it s a growing terror tactic with devastating results. july 2016 a truck on the boardwalk in nice, france plowed through crowds of people on holiday. 86 killed, 200 injured. similar tactics used on the london bridge last may. 8 dead. another 5 killed in march. around the world attacks in barcelona, stockholm, berlin, and in the u.s. last year at ohio state university, 11 injured. for years, isis and al qaeda have called for just this type of low tech attack using cars and trucks to mow down and kill as many people as possible. these small scale attacks using tools, not even weapons but tools that are widely available make actually
being politically correct is fine, but not for this. yesterday s attack was the latest in which an attacker turned a vehicle into a deadly weapon. isis have called for low end attacks. tom costello has more. reporter: it s a growing terror tactic used around the world with devastating results, judgment, 2016, a truck on the boardwalk in nice, france, plowed through thousands of people on holiday, 86 killed, 200 injured. similar attacks on the london bridge last may, eight dead. another five killed in march. around the world, attacks in barcelona, stockholm, berlin. in the u.s. last year at ohio state university, 11 injured. for years isis and al qaeda have called for just this low type attack using cars and trucks to mow down and kill as many people as possible. these small scale attacks using tools, not evenwell
not in the usa. he also said, quote, we must not allow isis to return after defeating them in the middle east and elsewhere. enough. and then this tweet, quote, i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine but not for this. yesterday s attack was just the latest in which the attacker has turned a vehicle into a deadly weapon. it s something that isis and al qaeda have both called for in the past to employ such low-tech attacks. nbc s tom costello has more. reporter: it s a growing terror tactic that s been used around the world with devastating results. july 2016, a truck on the boardwalk in nice, france, plowed through crowds of people on holiday. 86 skikilled, 200 injured. similar tactics on the london bridge last may. eight dead. another five in march. around the world in barcelona,