Stabbing incidents in Australia reignite low-tech terrorism concerns

• Main Author: Kalicharan Veera Singam
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Conflict and stability; Country and region studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175926
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two stabbing attacks that took place in Sydney, Australia, recently have reignited concerns over the perpetration of violence using low-tech weapons. The first attack was classified as non-terrorist, while the second attack in a church, was attributed to religiously-motivated terrorism. The latter t...