Racially and ethnically motivated terrorism rose alarmingly in 2018: US State Department
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Ethnicallyandraciallydriventerrorismrosealarminglyin2018both worldwide and in the UnitedStates, and groupshave often mimicked the tactics of armed Islamist militants to radicalise and recruit people, theUSStateDepartment said on Friday.
"Similar to Islamistterrorismthis breed ofterrorismis inspired by hateful, supremacist and intolerant ideology," Nathan Sales, theStateDepartment's counterterrorismcoordinator, told a briefing, adding that the2018attack by a gunman who killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh was an example of the rising trend.
"Make no mistake we will confront all forms ofterrorismno matter what ideology inspires it," Sales said.
He added that white supremacist and otherraciallymotivatedterror organisations were copying strategies from armed Islamist groups.
"They are in a sense learning from their jihadist predecessors in terms of their ability to raise money and move money, in terms of their ability to radicalise and recruit."
Mass shootings that killed dozens of people this year in the UnitedStates have fueled a long-running debate over gun control.
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In August, a suspected white nationalist shot dead 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, shortly after posting an anti-Hispanic manifesto online.
USPresident Donald Trump said after the shooting that Americans “must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy” and blamed the internet and violent video games for fostering violence but some Democrats and El Paso residents said Trump's own rhetoric about an immigrant “invasion” had contributed to racial division.
Asked if any neo-Nazi or white supremacist groupsinside the UnitedStates had been identified as terrorist organisations, Sales saidStateDepartment deferred to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security when it comes to combating domesticterrorismthreats.
But he added that theStateDepartment was working with technology companies to develop positive narratives against hateful messages and international partners to mobilize action against these networks.