Tackling ‘lone wolf’ terrorism - We must use brain as well as brawn

LIKE most good ideas, criminologist Dr Paul Gill’s suggestion for tackling ‘lone wolf’ terrorism is breathtakingly simple: such killers always leave a trail, so, instead of identifying this when it is too late and the damage has been done, why not try to detect it in advance?

The clues are often there, he says; all you need are the right tools to find them.

The murderous activities of ideologically driven lone terrorists continue to defy law enforcement efforts in the United States, France, Germany, Belgium, the UK and elsewhere.