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Will Border Security Solve Europe's Terror Threat?

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - France and Germany have called for much stronger external
   border security following recent terror attacks in Europe. Experts say,
   however, that such measures alone are unlikely to solve the problem.

   The spate of attacks began in Paris on October 16, when teacher Samuel
   Paty was beheaded by Chechen teenager Abdullakh Anzorov after Paty
   showed cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in a class on freedom of speech.

   Less than two weeks later, three people were fatally stabbed in a
   church in the French city of Nice. The suspect, 29-year-old Brahim
   Aouissaoui, had arrived from Tunisia as a migrant via Italy just weeks
   earlier.

   On November 2, Islamic State sympathizer Kujtim Fejzulai shot and
   killed four people in Vienna. IS described Fejzulai as a "caliphate
   soldier."

   The leaders of France and Austria met Tuesday in Paris to discuss a
   coordinated response to the attacks. They were joined by video by the
   leaders of Germany, the Netherlands and several top European Union
   officials.

   France and Germany called for much tighter security on the border of
   Europe's passport-free travel area known as the Schengen zone.

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