One dead and nine injured in a mass stabbing in France.

The area where the attack occurred. Google Maps. 

One person is dead and nine more injured in a mass stabbing in Lyon, France. Fox News. The attack left a 19 year old dead and three more people in critical condition. A 33 year old Afghan asylum seeker was arrested in connection with the attack. He was not previously known to police and police do not believe he had any connections to terror groups. The motive for the attack is unclear and it is also unknown if the attacker knew the 19 year old victim. 

My Comment:

Another day another mass stabbing in France. This time only one person was killed but there is always the potential for more people to die. It's just another example of the violence that Europe has right now. 

It's unclear what the motive for this attack was. The fact that the suspect was an Afghan refugee does make terrorism a possibility. Just because the police haven't found any connections to any terror groups does not mean that the motivation wasn't terrorism. Lone wolf attackers are a thing and given the fact that ISIS and other terror groups have been greatly reduced, they are the most common among recent terror attacks. 

Of course it could have been for many other reasons. Not all of these refugees are in the best mental health and many of them are criminals as well. It's very possible that this was an attack based on something other than religion and politics. However, that seems pretty unlikely with terrorism being the most obvious motive. 

No matter what the motive though, it's clear that this attack was 100% preventable. There was no reason for this man to be in France in the first place. If he really was in danger in Afghanistan, which is a real possibility, he could have stopped at one of dozens of countries that are between Afghanistan and France. He might have attacked someone there as well, but it wouldn't have been France's problem if he hadn't been admitted in the first place. 

The good news is that these kind of attacks have tapered off considerably. With ISIS being largely destroyed and their propaganda networks dismantled they have had a hard time carrying out and inspiring terror attacks. Many of the people willing and able to carry out attacks have either been arrested, killed or have simply given up the fight when it was clear that ISIS lost. We haven't seen a major terror attack since the Sri Lanka bombings last Easter and that is a very good thing. There was a time when these attacks seemed to be happening every day but this is the first one in a while that I can remember.