How grievance turns to violence in a mass shooter's mind
Key takeaways
- Attacks like last week's school shooting in Turkey can seem to come out of nowhere, but they rarely do.
- The shocking attack followed another school shooting two days earlier in Siverek in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province, in which the gunman wounded 16 people before killing himself in a showdown with police.
- While it often seems that such attacks come out of the blue, they are rarely spontaneous.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Attacks like last week's school shooting in Turkey can seem to come out of nowhere, but they rarely do. Instead, a buildup of grievance and fixation often precedes the the moment violent thoughts become violent acts.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Cab ZA sudden infatuation with weapons is only one of many tell-tale signs Image: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Advertisement On an otherwise ordinary Thursday, a 14-year-old entered a middle school in the southern city of Kahramanmaras, opening fire on two classrooms, killing eight students and a teacher.
The shocking attack followed another school shooting two days earlier in Siverek in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province, in which the gunman wounded 16 people before killing himself in a showdown with police.