I just took them on their word.

> I didn't do a quantative analysis

And these seem like single data points, one each for 3 different countries, not really giving a sense of frequency. So I'm not sure what you mean.

> not really giving a sense of frequency

Two of their sources are from this month, all three are from this year.

	▲	aeonfox 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So three instances in the EU for the year. I suppose that's something. All I know is I don't see people with angle grinders taking down local infrastructure in Australia. Maybe if we matched in population it would be the same? I don't know. But I'm checked out of this argument, because I'm certain anyone who's lived in the US and, say, comes to Australia, would recognise the stark difference in social outcomes and crime levels. But why reflect on that at all? It's far easier to quibble over minutiae.