Wolf' Attack in Europe????

Second 'Lone-Wolf' Attack in Europe

The Toulouse car and firebomb assault was the second terrorist attack on European Jews in less than a week. On Wednesday of last week an unknown number of terrorists opened fire on a group of Israelis at a mall in Odense, Denmark. Two people were injured in the shooting. The perpetrators escaped in a black car, which was later found abandoned at a nearby college. Police later succeeded in tracking down one suspect in the shooting, identified as an Arab living in Denmark. 

In addition to the foregoing, the British Jewish community's Communal Security Trust (CST) released for publication on Tuesday information about an act of anti-Semitic vandalism against a London synagogue. According to the CST, "a synagogue in Brondesbury, London, suffered an arson attack on the night of 4-5 January 2009. The attackers attempted to smash a window, but were prevented from doing so by the security film. They then appear to have attempted to set the front door alight with petrol, causing some damage to the exterior of the premises. Police, CST and fire brigade attended the scene."

In another arson attempt, a firebomb was thrown at a synagogue in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday. The building was somewhat damaged.

Aside from these apparently "lone-wolf" attacks - perpetrated by individuals acting on their own or in ad-hoc cells - against Jewish targets around the world, Hamas, Hizbullah and Al-Qaeda have been promoting worldwide "sympathetic attacks" in response to the Israeli Gaza campaign. ITRR has cited intercepted communications from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and from al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa calling for Muslims to attack Jews worldwide.