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UN Warns Right-Wing Extremist Groups Getting Bolder, More Lethal

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - Nations around the world are growing increasingly worried
   about violence linked to extreme right-wing terror groups, with new
   research showing there has been a 320% jump in the number of related
   attacks over the past five years.

   Deadly attacks over the past year, like the shootings in Christchurch,
   New Zealand, and in El Paso, Texas, in the U.S., as well as a couple in
   Germany, have gotten most of the international attention.

   But the research,highlighted Wednesday in a new report from the United
   Nations' Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate,also
   warnsthe trend is worsening, with attacks by individuals linked to
   right-wing extremist groupsbecomingever-moredeadly, while the groups
   themselves are getting increasingly sophisticated.

   "Although extreme right-wing terrorism is not a new phenomenon, there
   has been a recent increase in its frequency and lethality," UN-CTED
   said in its [1]April trends report.

References

   1. https://www.un.org/sc/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CTED_Trends_Alert_Extreme_Right-Wing_Terrorism.pdf

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