{"id":11486,"date":"2023-08-18T15:55:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:55:25","slug":"extremist-related-mass-killings-have-been-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11486","title":{"rendered":"Extremist-Related Mass Killings Have Been On The Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;despite the total number of mass killings staying static, the number of events with extremist ties has increased, resulting in a higher percentage of extremist-linked mass killings.&#8221;<br>&#8230;<br>&#8220;reports from the DHS and ADL also indicate far-right extremists make up the plurality of violent attacks with extremist ties.&#8221;<br>&#8230;<br>&#8220;\u201cOver the past decade, right-wing extremists have committed the majority of extremist-related killings in all years but one \u2014 2016, the year of the shooting spree at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, by a person motivated by Islamist extremism,\u201d the report read. \u201cOf the 444 people killed at the hands of extremists over the past 10 years, 335 (or 75%) were killed by right-wing extremists.\u201d The report also found that the majority of deaths caused by these killings are from shootings \u2014 over 80 percent of the victims of deadly extremist violence were killed with firearms in each of the last five years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-fivethirtyeight\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qR25HqdKeT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/extremism-mass-casualty-events-shootings\/\">Extremist-Related Mass Killings Have Been On The Rise<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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