Cases

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Lone Wolf attacks

A Lone Wolf, is someone who prepares and commits violent acts alone, outside of any command structure and without material assistance from any group.

They may be influenced or motivated by the ideology and beliefs of an external group and may act in support of such a group.

Relatively rare type of attack

Cases

Franz Fuchs

Austrian unibomber. Made mail bombs and sent them out to people he either considered to be foreigners, or organizations and individuals "friendly to foreigners

Sent a pipe bomb to a social center. Killed 4 roma children. "Roma's back to India"

Slightly deranged claimed to be a member of an organisation called BLA. He was the sole member.

Became highly paranoid. Thought he was being obsvereved by 2 women one night so he followed them. They alerted the police. When questioned by the police he detonated it in front of his hands.

Suicide attempt failed. Lost both hands. Was sentenced to life imprisonment. Found death in his cell 2000 (ruled a suicide)

Timothy Mcveigh

Killed nearly 200 people by bombing federal government buildings in Oklahoma City

Reasons: Sought revenge against the federal government for the 1993 Waco siege which ended in the death of 86 people; the ruby ridge in 1992 in which Randy Weaver son and wife were killed

Intellectual influences: Fan of the Turner Diaries (anti-sematic and anti us federal government.
Zionist occupation government

Wolf-Pac

Is a small group of people who plan and commit violent acts together

Tsarnaev
brothers

Attack against Boston marathon. Brothers planted pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon. Killed 3 people

Older brother Tamerlan killed in police shot out

Dzhokhar. Was wounded but managed to flee. Was eventually captured after manhunt.

Dzhokhar claimed the bombings were in retribution for the U.S. crimes in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Question over whether they were lone wolfs or solo network agents. Some say they visited chechyna