"Well, after all, he was an extremist . . ."

“But leaders of the Jewish and Muslim communities pointed out that the gunman was a lone extremist.”

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/21/french-school-shooting-suspect-will-surrender-for-killings-in-name-of-al-qaeda-to-end-siege