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Given the plethora of IS inspired or directed attacks and killings it's human nature to jump to assumptions when a mass shooting is conducted by a foreign looking guy in Europe. Same as when a civil aircraft comes crashing down. I am guilty of assuming a terrorist attack, as I am human and recent events made it seem a likely correct assumption. Hell, I would bet the bookies would have given odds on to it being such an event. If I am wrong, which I may well be, I will hold my hands up.
I honestly feel the governments of some EU nations are ultra jittery and perhaps in good faith are trying to de-fuse situations, where possible, and probably by nefarious means, in the hope of quelling potential civil unrest. And yes, I can see it coming, the media have been very quiet about the "water pistol" riots in London recently. There's a tinder box feeling across many major cities which could easily be ignited at the moment.
I honestly feel the governments of some EU nations are ultra jittery and perhaps in good faith are trying to de-fuse situations, where possible, and probably by nefarious means, in the hope of quelling potential civil unrest. And yes, I can see it coming, the media have been very quiet about the "water pistol" riots in London recently. There's a tinder box feeling across many major cities which could easily be ignited at the moment.