(AFP) White supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of killing 50 people in the New Zealand mosque massacre in what he claimed was a blow against Muslim “invaders,” played into jihadist hands by following their strategy, experts say.
From the Islamic State (IS) group to Al-Qaeda, jihadist groups aim to deepen divisions between Muslims and the rest of the world in an apparent aim to trigger all-out war between “believers” and “unbelievers.”
For them, such horrific racist attacks are a gift, with the perpetrators seized upon as fuel for their jihadist agenda, experts say.
“The Christchurch attack was a blessing for Daesh,” said Alain Chouet, a former senior French intelligence official, using an Arabic acronym for IS.
