“Initially, many speculated that the motivation for the attack had to do with the fact that Bouanane had his asylum application rejected.”
That would have placed the responsibility upon those who rejected him: see, if we just placate the poor dears and give them what they want, all will be well. But no, it turned out to be jihad again. Bring in Muslim migrants, and you get jihad. This isn’t really all that complicated.
“Finnish Police Confirm 2017 Terror Attacker Was Islamic State Supporter,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, February 9, 2018:
Finnish investigators have confirmed that the 18-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker who killed two and injured seven others in the city of Turku last August was a supporter of Islamic State.
Police confirm that after careful examination of data from the terror suspect’s computer and mobile phone that the Moroccan was a supporter of the terror group. Police spokesman Olli Toyras said that while it was clear that 22-year-old Abderrahman Bouanane was a supporter of the group, investigators believe he acted on his own, Bayerischer Rundfunk reports.
Toyras also said that the data from his electronic devices shed some light on the personality of Bouanane. “He saw himself as a fighter, a soldier, an Islamic State man, and he would have loved it if ISIS had claimed the attack,” Toyras said.
Initially, many speculated that the motivation for the attack had to do with the fact that Bouanane had his asylum application rejected. Police now say they do not believe that was the main motive for the attack.
This week, the Finnish government put out a press release indicating that anyone caught engaging in terrorist activities with dual nationality could now see their Finnish citizenship stripped from them. Terrorist activities would include committing acts of terrorism, financing travel to areas to commit acts of terror, and actively participating in activities with recognised terrorist groups….