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As the Americans continue to witness insensitive violence in their entire communities, the rise of zealist violence is increasing the alarm for law enforcement as authorities try to stop the attacks that often come without warnings after a collective shooting in New York City which were four dead last month.
The concept of zealist violence – lacks an ideological purpose and is often motivated by the need to obtain approval in extremist online communities – whenever a large -scale tragedy is performed, an important interaction persists.
New York City -based psychiatrist Jonathan Alpart told Fox News Digital, “Nihilistic violence is destruction for its own.” “This is not about money, ideology, or revenge; rather, it is violence arising out of emptiness.”
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The New York Police Department (NYPD) officials responded to the shooting scene at 345 Park Avenue in New York, US on Monday, July 28, 2025. A shooter attacked 345 Park Avenue. In Manhattan, Tower Housing Blackstone Inc.’s global headquarters and National Football League others. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
“Other acts of violence, though twisted, usually have a motive that can be identified,” he said. “Nihilistic violence is different because the Act itself is the message: A statement of futile, one way to say ‘nothing matters, so I will become destructive.”
In 2024, 65% of terrorist attacks in Western countries were not associated with any belief system of the culprit, marking a significant increase compared to previous years, As Latest Global Terrorism Index.
The report admits that a part of the growth may be attributed to lack of information about specific attacks; This also indicates the rise of “ideologically confused” acts of terrorism.
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Police officers gather on a road as they respond to a shooting incident in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood in New York on July 28, 2025 in New York City. Four people have been killed after being shot during an active shooter incident in Midtown Manhattan, including a police officer. (Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG Getty Image)
However, according to the inability to tie an attack to a well -defined trust system, an attempt to justify its acts of violence may represent a terrorist’s decision to combine several ideologies.
“This approach complicates anti -terrorism efforts,” the report states. “As it makes these actors unexpected and difficult to profile.”
The rise of random, unsafe violence has also attracted the attention of law enforcement.
The Department of Justice has named the concept of “Nihilistic violent extremism” (NVE), while recently defined it as “criminal conduct in the United States and abroad”, is a willingness to bring its abandonment from political, social, social, or religious goals, which mainly is obtained from the hatred of society and a massive disaster, destruction, destruction and social instability, ” As Just security.
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The definition of DOJ pointed to a broader concept of Nihilistic violence for a perfectly an attack, experts indicating a specific psychological profile are often consistent among criminals.
“The common thread is separation and disappointment,” said alpart. “These are people who feel invisible, powerless or irrelevant. In that stage, violence becomes a way to make a statement, to make a statement, to make a statement, it is a distorted effort to convert internal emptiness into external influence.”
Virginia Police Lieutenant and former gang detective Walis Chadwick faced law enforcement officers when it was trying to overtake random violence before committing.
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Manhattan, New York City, US on July 29, 2025 a glass window with a bullet hole near a deadly mass shoot scene. (Mike Sagar/Reuters)
“It is very difficult to predict things that are happening,” Chadwick told Fox News Digital. “With this random violence, [like if] You find someone who shows with a gun in Times Square, it is difficult to predict. ,
However, Chadwick also resonated similar feelings about a general mental profile among the attackers.
“These people have a precursor,” said Chadwick. “I am confident that there is someone who knows that this person is upset [or] This person has mentioned that he wanted to do something. It goes back to the rules, if you see something, then say something. ,
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Regarding the recent examples of Nihilistic violence, the Altarit sees a large -scale shooting in a building of New York City on July 28, who left four innocent people – dead with guns – dead.
When a gunman went to 345 Park Avenue, the tragedy came to light. An office building that is home to Blackstone and NFL, and set fire. The shooter hit three persons in the building lobby before taking the lift to the 33rd floor, where he shot a fourth man before he turned the gun on himself.
“When someone decided that life has no value, they often conclude that other lives are either not,” said alpart. “Violence then becomes a way to make the world visible their disappointment.”
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While officials believe that the shooting was vested in gunman’s sentiments towards NFL, while also revealing that he traveled from Las Vegas to New York City to carry out the attack, indicating the overall shortage of agenda from a minor criminal.
“The randomness of the attack suggests that it was not about settling a score or advancing a reason,” Alpart told Fox News Digital. “This disappointment was approximate outwards.”
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As the data suggests an ongoing trend in random, zealist violence, the threat of an attack stated that the threat of an attack is eradicating the spirit of security of Americans within their communities.
“They are more frightening because if there is no purpose, there is no way to save themselves,” he said. “The goal of gang’s violence or political violence is. On the contrary, nihilistic violence, any person, any time, anytime, any time, can be a victim. This unpredictability shatters the spirit of security on which we rely in public places.”