Terrorist Attack at Olympia Shopping Centre/Parallels to My Debut Novel Black Friday.

  At 5:50pm in Munich and 11:50am Eastern, gunfire erupted in the Olympia Shopping Centre in Munich, Germany. This is now the second time this week that a terrorist attack has taken place in Germany. The trend towards increased terrorist attacks in Europe has now continued in the past several months. If nothing is done and fast, nations such as the USA, Canada and Israel will be the next targets in ISIS' plot for a global caliphate.
     There have been claims that ISIS has been on the decline (if you believe that then you must also believe in such luminaries as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy), then why are their attacks increasing along with reports within the intelligence community that there are at least 100 more plots in the works.  One of these plots could very well be the Rio Olympics that will soon be underway. It could be one that would make the attack at the 1972 Munich Summer games look minute.
     As for comparisons between the Munich Attacks and my first novel Black Friday, here they are. First, the attacks or plots for attacks took place on a Friday Afternoon. Second a mall was the focal point of a plot in both event and novel. Third, the food court was a key area in both today's attack and Black Friday.
     I wrote Black Friday in part so this scenario could be discussed and somethong could be done about it. As I was editing Black Friday, the attack at the Westgate Mall in Kenya took place. With today's attack at the Olympia Shopping Centre in Munich one must wonder will a similar attack occur here and could it be planned for Black Friday. Regardless of this we must do whatever it takes to prevent it from ever happening again whether it be worldwide or even the USA. I would like to close with a saying that one of my college professors Dr. Fabiano taught me back on 1995. History will only repeat itself unless we learn from the mistakes in the past. This theme was a central one for my novel Black Friday. Now we as a nation must learn from our past mistakes or another 9/11, Westgate Mall/Olympia Shopping Centre/Real life version of Black Friday will take place.

My deepest condolences to the victims and their families on this Friday afternoon. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May anyone who reads this post do the very swme thing.

Tom