Gardaí believed such violence may come from far right, directed at politicians, rather than teenager who appeared be objecting to Defence Forces role in Mali
Gardaí believed such violence may come from far right, directed at politicians, rather than teenager who appeared be objecting to Defence Forces role in Mali
And that has been done for fear that somebody – likely a lone-wolf attacker – may take up the rhetoric of the far right and violently target a politician, perhaps fatally as has happened in Britain. Though the Irish deployment to the African country – as part of the European Union Training Mission in Mali – was scaled back early last year, eight Defence Forces members remain. It is still unclear as to what the boy’s objection to that mission was.
The incident is being treated as terrorism related and the Garda’s Special Detective Unit, which specialises in investigating terrorism, is carrying out the inquiry. The involvement of that unit – and the fact the Garda’s Armed Support Unit responded to the incident on Thursday night – underlines the gravity of the attack.
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