MOSCOW (Sputnik) — "Both are significant latent threats," Rodier, who is now a research director at the French Research Centre on Intelligence (CF2R), said, when asked if cells affiliated with bigger terrorist organizations were more dangerous than loners.
The intelligence expert added that organized groups were better connected and trained, but whether a group or a lone wolf terrorist were responsible for the death of a person, it did not diminish the severe strain it put on civilians.
"In both cases, death of a man is always felt like an unbearable drama. The resilience of the population is put to a severe test," he said.
Since 2015, France has faced a number of deadly terrorist attacks. On November 13, 2015, Daesh terrorists conducted a series of coordinated attacks in the French capital, killing 130 people and injuring more than 350, many critically.
In early January 2015, Islamists killed a total of 17 people in attacks at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office and a kosher food shop in Paris.
On July 14, 2016, a truck rammed into a large crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice. At least 84 people, including children, were killed and hundreds of others were injured.
