aleph , 11 months ago

On 21 July, a man attacked commuters in the capital, killing one person and stabbing three more at a subway station. He later told police he lived a miserable life and “wanted to make others miserable too”.

Well if that isn’t a succinct summary of why many of these attacks happen. So often, they are carried out by alienated and angry young men who want to punish society for some reason.

They tend to be more dramatic in the US because citizens have access to guns, but the underlying causes are similar.