On August 12, 22-year old Jake Davison killed his mother and four others (including a 3-year old girl) in Plymouth, UK, before taking his own life. Despite initial police statements that this was not a series of acts of terrorism the ‘he was an incel’ bandwagon got going fairly quickly. What we know does not, however, give much support to the theory.
Phil Gurski is joined by the world’s foremost authority on incels, Naama Kates, to look at this case and at more general issues surrounding what we call terrorism.
Related: What the media gets wrong about incels
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Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
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2 replies on “Naama Kates – The Plymouth shooting and what the media gets wrong about incels”
Incels make no sense. If someone needs sex so bad, why turn to terrorism? Just get a few dollars together; and call the right he/her/them/it. Sex is sex, a partner is not just a physical and cash exchage. “I wanna get laid” in your words, Professor Spy. Anyone who kills a 3 year old girl is a *******.
P.S. I live the baby crying in the back ground, so cute! 🙂
Agreed! Thanks for commenting!