A summary of the Government’s “Terrorism Risk Profile”, a classified report which informs the current counter-terrorism strategy, reveals the country’s national security agencies assessed the risk of a worst-case scenario attack occurring as “very high” within the five years from June 2019. It was considered probable that right-wing extremists “who have not come to the attention of security agencies” posed a threat. New Zealand’s risk profile was determined by an analysis of three worst-scenario attacks, which were not detailed in the summary. However, Battersby said the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy, which was in part based on the risk profile, was a short six-pages, unimpressive, and sparse on specifics. DPMC provided the summary of the terror risk profile, and two other briefing documents including a paper on the implications of Covid-19.

Source: Stuff May 10, 2021 17:00 UTC