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Сигурност и отбрана, брой 2, 2023 г. Научно списание

The loss of sense of belonging to a given group is also the main driver
facilitating manipulation, radicalization, and the attraction of a person to
terrorist organizations and groups.
A socio-psychological model of a given terrorist group can be based on
two aspects:
• social situation of the members of the terrorist organization.
• psychological model of behaviour of the members of the terrorist
organization.
If we analyse the social status of terrorists, we will find that some of
them are wealthy, while others have lived in poverty.
Members of terrorist organizations also differ in terms of their family
background – some are representatives of the high society of their homeland,
while others come from the lower class.
Regarding the socialization of members of terrorist organizations in
Western society, there is also conflicting data – some were well integrated
into the Western society, others felt rejected by it. The worrying new trend
is observed, i.e. intervention of external to the family forces. When trying to
understand how a given individual undertakes extreme actions and commits
a terrorist act, we must also track that person’s steps.
Above, the fundamental understandings of the socio-psychological
development of the personality have been discussed. But the underlying
reasons and the correlations between them have not been considered,
together with their impact on radicalization of the entire family. What
follows is an attempt to investigate whether family terrorism exists or is a
myth.

2. FAMILY TERRORISM: MYTH OR REALITY?
Indonesia has seen a series of terrorist attacks in recent years with some
footage from the scene showing the attack carried out by a family of five,
including an eight-year-old child. Four of the adult terrorists died on the spot,
and the child survived with serious injuries. "The family's eight-year-old girl
survived the attack and was taken to hospital, while her mother, father and
two brothers died in the blast," national police chief Tito Karnavian said
(Ebinghauzen, 2015).
In another case, this type of terrorist act was repeated, but it escalated
into a multi-pronged terrorist attack that took place in three churches, in
which many civilians were injured and killed. The police data on the
perpetrators of the attacks again show the participation of an entire family of
six members, with three minors. The mother together with her two daughters
aged 9 and 12, who were wearing belts with explosives, blew themselves up

in one of the churches. The father blew himself up in another church, and
their two sons, aged 16 and 18, hit the third church. The special services
announced that the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah group, linked to the Islamic

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