LOW COST TERRORISM OF THE 21ST CENTURY
LOW COST TERRORISM OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Author(s): Luminita Ludmila Anica ( Cirnici)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: terrorism; terrorist attack; low-cost terrorism; European terrorism; new terrorism; knife attack;
Summary/Abstract: Always voluntarily, subjectively and extremely brutal, terrorism manifests itself in a multitude of forms, being the most acute form of violence after interstate conflicts and civil wars that accompanies mankind throughout history.Nowadays, there are more and more attacks that involve lower costs, the attackers choosing to cause as many victims as possible by driving into the crowd or choosing to use a knife in their bloody actions.Is the knife attack a new form of terrorism? Of course not. History has recorded a series of such acts of violent nature over the centuries, in order create fear and influence mankind, even if at the time they were not called terrorist acts.Today we are confronted with similar attacks, in which terrorists accept the idea of personal sacrifice, acting for the killing of those considered exponents of their hostile society.

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