Atrocity sounds alarm

In the immediate aftermath of the bloodiest mass-killings in Norway since the World War II, perhaps nothing is more ironic than the conjectures made by countless European "security experts".

They queued up to point their fingers at Muslim fundamentalists and Al-Qaida terrorists when in fact the cold-blooded murderer turned out to be Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian.

A Norwegian anti-Muslim extremist killing Norwegians who weren't Muslim should be a wake-up call to Norway and Europe. The killer's identity and his monstrous attacks should remind policymakers and the public that native extremists are just as capable of perpetrating terror attacks fuelled by hate and xenophobia, and that preconceived ideas about potential threats can be misguided.