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| Nice attack updates Monday a.m.: truck attacker texts, 2 arrests, call to join citizen militia |
| 2016-07-18 |
| France truck attacker sent SMS on weapons just before attack: Police source [AlAhram] The Tunisian who rammed a truck into Bastille Day crowds in Nice, killing 84 people, sent a text message just before the attack about the supply of weapons, a source close to the investigation said Sunday. In the message, 31-year-old Mohammed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel "expresses satisfaction at having obtained a 7.65mm pistol and discusses the supply of other weapons", the source said. The driver, who was rubbed out by police after his deadly rampage, took pictures of himself at the wheel that he shared by SMS, the source added. Over 200 Sherlocks are working on identifying the recipients of the messages, one of the officers told AFP. Six people are still being held for questioning over the third major attack in La Belle France since January 2015. Among the six is a 38-year-old Albanian, who was jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! on Sunday morning on suspicion of supplying the pistol that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel used to fire at police trying to block his route. Police later found the gun in the truck, along with two replica assault rifles and a dummy grenade. Lahouaiej-Bouhlel's estranged wife was released on Sunday after two days of questioning. Two new arrests in French truck massacre case [IsraelTimes] French police on Sunday arrested a man and a woman with ties to the man behind a truck ramming attack claimed by the Islamic State group, a judicial source said. At least 10 children and adolescents were among the dead in Nice as well as tourists from the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland and Germany. A spokeswoman for the city’s pediatric hospital said 16 bodies had not yet been identified. Five children and 21 adults remained in a critical condition and were among 121 people still hospitalized, the French health ministry said. Paris urges Frenchmen to join security forces [IsraelTimes] After Nice attack kills 84, Interior Minister Cazeneuve calls on young citizens to become reservists, help defend the country. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Saturday called on young citizens to become reservists and help boost security forces in the wake of the country’s latest terror attack. France’s “operational reservists” include French citizens with or without military experience as well as former soldiers. “I want to call on all French patriots who wish to do so, to join this operational reserve,” said Cazeneuve. French President Francois Hollande said Friday that the new reservists would be called upon to boost the ranks of police and gendarmes. Details of how to become a reservist were swiftly posted on the national gendarmerie’s website. Volunteers must be between 17 and 30 years of age, have the right physical and moral aptitude and undergo military training. They will only be required during the summer period, while the regular reservists are on holiday, said Cazeneuve. The operational reserve is currently made up of 12,000 volunteers, 9,000 of whom are within the paramilitary police and 3,000 in the regular police force, said Cazeneuve. He said the number of security forces deployed to protect the population was nearly 100,000, including 53,000 police, 36,000 para-military police and 10,000 soldiers. Police tell of showdown with Nice truck killer [IsraelTimes] Officers who confronted Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel say they fired around 20 shots into his truck in bid to end murder Nice truck attacker visited site twice before attack Tunisian attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel visited the Nice promenade with his rented truck on the two days before he rammed the vehicle into a crowd, killing 84, a source close to the investigation said Sunday. Contradicting family claims, some witnesses say Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, had shown signs of being religious. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 SteveS, you stole my post. ;-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-07-18 11:32 |
| #2 “I want to call on all French patriots who wish to do so, to join this operational reserve,” Because a well-equipped militia of able-bodied citizens is necessary to the security of a free state? Ya know, for a bunch of dead white guys, our Founders had a pretty good handle on how to run a nation. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-07-18 03:15 |
| #1 ...... Paris urges Frenchmen to join security forces...great but I have got to wonder how many applicants named Mohammed can be refused employment...... because "Diversitee!!!!" |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-07-18 00:47 |