London terrorist attack as a new format of terrorism

According to the results of the attack near the London Parliament building, five people died and were injured about forty. The terrorist attack occurred a few days before the dates of the official start of negotiations on the British separation from the EU. Also, shortly before this event, the press massively discussed the alleged attempt to attack at the Paris airport.

BBC writes about a change in terrorist methods, which complicates the prevention of terrorist attacks. The commentators wrote the fact that terrorism has adopted a new format (difficult to predict spontaneous acts of violence instead of large -scale operations with the preparation of explosions in public places) in connection with shooting in Orlando (USA) and a terrorist attack in Nice . The more people participate in the preparation of the terrorist attack and the longer this training lasts, the easier it is to prevent security services to prevent such a plan. Single terrorists are almost invulnerable. This means the author believes that security services should also develop and develop new approaches.

First aid to the victim in a terrorist attack at Westminster BBC video screenshop

There is a great probability, the author believes that the police and special services simply could not prevent this attack, because they did not have suitable tools for this. In other words, the dysfunctionality of the security system can be caused not by the mistakes or negligence of the employees, but by the fact that it is outdated. Now the police will in urgent order to figure out whether the terrorist had communication with other terrorists and whether anyone helped him. It is possible that he was familiar with other people of similar radical views, but this does not mean that they were accomplices or even knew about his plans.

Wall Street Journal writes that Teresa May, in the past, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Britain, for the first time since his entry as prime minister has encountered a serious security crisis. The situation is complicated by the fact that the crisis has occurred a few days before the date established by its government, when the official procedure for Britain’s separation from the EU should begin. According to some experts who refer to WSJ, May with her impressive (since 2010) experience in the field of internal affairs is prepared to resolve such a crisis better than anyone else.

The Minister of Internal Affairs Teresa May examines the Olympic Park. London, 2011

When he was his Minister of Internal Affairs, the authors explain, May was responsible for the British police, border security and domestic intelligence. In particular, the British Police was equipped with an impressive number of observation devices. At the same time, she was also reproached for the fact that she sometimes puts the inviolability of private life above the interests of security.

On the other hand, the authors note, the fact of the terrorist attack gives a reason to critics to move on to discussions about how effective the work of May as the Minister of the Interior was if the security system could not prevent the tragedy. In the context of the approaching start of the branch from the EU, this event is also significant. Some critics of disconnection as an argument against the fact that the breakdown of relations with the EU can lead to vulnerability in terms of security, because it will create an obstacle to the exchange of data on criminals and suspects.