RT... The Manchester Arena terror attack was a carefully planned return to suicide tactics, which was specifically aimed at a soft target full of children and young people, a counter terrorism expert has noted. Manchester University scholar Dr. Hamed El-Said, who once headed a UN task force on terrorism and radicalization, told Sky News on Tuesday that the attack, which has been confirmed as killing 22 people and wounding 59, was carefully orchestrated to cause maximum harm.
They knew exactly what they were doing. This didnt really happen overnight. Theyve been preparing for this for a while; this is a very large attack. It wouldnt have happened overnight, El-Said said.
There was definitely some planning because the scale of the attack was much larger than to be done spontaneously, he added.
The counter terrorism expert also warned that the attack might mark a move away from gun and knife attacks, such as the lone wolf attack in Westminster in March and those seen in Europe recently.
You have also to understand that this is different to the attacks that have recently been experienced in London, France, and Belgium, where individuals are carrying weapons and going into certain places and attacking and fighting until the end.
We havent really seen such a scale in the West in terms of suicide for a while now. I think that is one of the reasons, obviously, because they are always looking for soft targets. It was a very soft target last night, people having a nice time in the largest indoor arena in Manchester, he said.
Being there at the concert in Manchester, I'm not surprised someone was able to take something into the arena. Security was horrendous. JB (@JoshuaJamesBott) May 22, 2017
El-Said pointed out that the attackers chose their timing very carefully to coincide with when people are leaving, going to meet their parents, to pick them up and their parents were coming in. It was a perfect timing for the terrorists.
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