Answer to violence is not more violence


Members of the New York Police Department Strategic Response Group prepare to patrol in front of Macy's department store in New York November 19, 2015. - Reuters

Economic empowerment, employment, micro-financing, education and social programmes should be the tools in the battle for the hearts and minds of young terrorists.

WALKING around Fifth Avenue in New York last Friday evening, I noticed a large number of police personnel on the streets.

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