citizen, born in pakistan. police say he was known to the authorities. another, rachid redouane, claimed to be of moroccan and libyan decent he was not previously known to authorities. they were both shot dead during the attacks. both lived in barking in east london. police say they are still working to confirm all the identities of the attackers. it does appear that in the case of both manchester and these london attacks, members of the community had raised concerns about some of the men involved and it seems those warnings may have been missed. tonight london paused to reflect.|n the past hour a vigil and a minute s silence was held near london bridge evening in solidarity with the victims. lets cross to ros atkins who is close to borough market. with the victims. let s cross to ros atkins who is close to borough market. the investigation is moving quickly. what do we know? we have been given a limited amount of information by the police. one man has been named as khura
Daily Monitor
Sunday February 14 2021
The term “Terrorism” cannot be easily defined because it is context specific. There are over 100 definitions attempting to explain what terrorism simply means. It is important to note that Kurd, Lebanese, Palestinian, Somali, and Kashmir communities view their fighters as freedom fighters, not terrorists. The political nature of terrorism and the challenges of defining it are further exemplified in the case of Hezbollah.
Nonetheless, there is a consensus that terms terrorism as the threat or the act of politically motivated violence directed primarily against civilians. As espoused by eminent Prussian war theorist Carl von Clausewitz, “War is a continuation of policy by other means”.