Abstrakt: | The article deals with three terrorist attacks of right-wing extremists: in
Norway (2011), New Zealand (2019) and Germany (2019). First, the
modus operandi of perpetrators was shown and the course of each attack
was analyzed. It was indicated what tactics the attackers used and why it was
or was not effective. Secondly, the ideological background and motivations
of the perpetrators were shown. It was possible to analyze the manifestos
that the perpetrators left, and thus their way of thinking, their ideologies,
and the purposes of organizing the attacks. Thirdly, issues related to the
publicizing of the attacks by the perpetrators were shown. The goal of the
article is to show that radical ideology of right-wing extremists (expressed
in manifestos) leads to tragedies. In analyzed cases radical appointment
of the perpetrators caused three deadly attacks. The article shows that the
radical actions are preceded by radical speech, expressions, manifestos. The second goal is to pay attention to hate speech (also expressed in manifestos),
which is just as dangerous as bullets or improvised explosive devices. The
third goal is to show how the attackers used acts of terror to spread the
ideologies to which they were devoted. |