The Hunt: Beheading in France is warning for Americans as online election-related threats spread

A school teacher was recently beheaded in France after showing caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green”, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, explains what happened and says Americans should take heed as online election threats ramp up.

'It was a very gruesome murder ...' Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on the France attack
J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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