Lucia Bertoldini

8/ the moral of the story? the truth is often neither simple or quickly found, but surely the solution does not lay on oversimplifying the story for the sake of spreading one's own (often racist) views

7/ in that case, ironically, the attacker had even shown support to the German far right itself and its anti-immigration Islamophobic views

6/ which, by the way, is what the far right did in Germany with the Magdeburg attack.
I wrote about it here misbar.com/en/editorial...

5/ in this "information chaos", tragedies such as this one are often instrumentalised for political gain

4/ at the moment, though, there is no proof of ISIS being behind the attack, and the FBI has released a statement saying the man acted alone probably inspired by the terrorist group

3/ as soon as the ISIS flag was found in the pickup truck of the attacker, it apperead "logical" to believe that the attack had been backed by the notorious Islamic extremist group

2/ hours after the New Orleans attack Donald Trump claimed it was linked to illegal immigration and mentioned "migrant terrorists" coming into the country. The attacker, however, is a citizen of Texas by birth

🧵 1/ the attacks of the past days (Magdeburg, New Orleans) have shown again how easy it is to instrumentalize these events for political gain

which, by the way, is what the far right did in Germany with the Magdeburg attack (I wrote about it here misbar.com/en/editorial...)

in this "information chaos", tragedies such as this one are often instrumentalised for political gain

however, for now there is no proof of ISIS being behind the attack, and the FBI has released a statement saying the man acted alone probably inspired by the terrorist group

as soon as the ISIS flag was found in the pickup truck of the attacker, it apparead "logical" believe that the attack was backed by the notorious Islamic extremist group

hours after the New Orleans attack Donald Trump claimed it was linked to illegal immigration and mentioned "migrant terrorists" coming into the country

the attacker, however, is a citizen of Texas by birth