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Terrorism notes

1 April 2017

9:00 AM

1 April 2017

9:00 AM

Nothing to do with Islam

Westminster attacker acted alone and motive may never be known.

Well, that settles it. That was the Guardian’s headline. The Independent’s was almost identical. And to be fair to these two media outlets, that was the take-home message from the Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis Neil Basu, who said ‘We must all accept that there is a possibility we will never understand why he did this.

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