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The chilling logic behind some seemingly random terror attacks
The Sunday Guardian|January 12, 2025
On January 3, 2025, the Islamic State (IS) released a statement that shed light on the logic behind two recent vehicular terror attacks that left the world grappling with shock and confusion.
- SAVIO RODRIGUES
The chilling logic behind some seemingly random terror attacks

In New Orleans, on New Year's Day, a man drove his truck into a crowd, killing 14 people and wounding dozens. Less than two weeks earlier, a similar attack occurred in Magdeburg, Germany, when Taleb Abdulmohsen ploughed his vehicle through a crowded Christmas market, killing five people and injuring over 200 others.

While media outlets and officials offered familiar narratives about mental illness, personal grievances, and instability, the truth-as revealed by IS' statementpoints to a calculated strategy designed to sow chaos and fear. These attacks, though seemingly erratic, fit into a broader pattern of ideologically motivated violence.

In the early hours of January 1, 2025, a New Orleans celebration turned tragic when a Muslim man drove his truck into a crowd. The attack, timed to disrupt a joyful start to the year, left 14 dead and dozens more injured. Authorities were quick to suggest that the perpetrator might have been suffering from mental health issues or personal struggles, yet no concrete evidence was presented to support these claims.

The lack of clarity surrounding the attack's motive only added to the confusion, leaving the public grappling with questions. Was this an isolated act of violence, or did it stem from a deeper, more sinister cause? Just days before Christmas, on December 20, 2023, another vehicular attack shocked the world. In Magdeburg, Germany, Taleb Abdulmohsen drove a vehicle into a bustling Christmas market, leaving five dead and over 200 injured. Abdulmohsen, a Saudi national with a peculiar background-he had reportedly posed as a Christian convert critical of Islam-was an unexpected perpetrator.

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