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| Man shot dead in Paris business district after threatening police |
| 2019-12-14 |
| [AlAhram] French police on Friday shot and killed a man who threatened officers in Gay Paree's bustling La Defense business district. The man was shot in the chest and a leg, police sources said. He had failed to injure anyone, they said, without specifying the weapon he was wielding, excepting that it was not a firearm. The man approached the officers at around 10:20 am (0920 GMT), who responded by firing at least five shots. A security cordon was erected after the shooting, and the man's identity has not been disclosed. La Belle France has witnessed several assaults on its security forces in recent years, when it has been on high alert over a wave of jihadist attacks that have killed 255 people since 2015. In October, administrative agent Mickael Harpon stabbed and killed four colleagues at the Gay Paree police headquarters before he was rubbed out. He was said to be a follower of radical Moslem beliefs. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 /\ At lease some are armed with 9mm Sigs. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-12-14 18:59 |
| #7 French police have guns who knew? Sounds like the perp may have memorized one too many verses from the Koran. |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-12-14 18:54 |
| #6 I was right when I tagged it Moslem colonists on spec? How sadly unsurprising. Thank you for the link, dear si vis pacem. Is it too soon to begin placing bets? Since 2016 that’s been the smart way to bet, SteveS. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-14 18:08 |
| #5 Shouted he was a terrorist after he was shot I wish they were all so considerate. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-14 17:02 |
| #4 Moroccan, age 42, escaped from psychiatric asylum last June. Previously jailed for sexual assault, armed robbery. Shouted he was a terrorist after he was shot. http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/quartier-de-la-defense-un-homme-menacant-des-policiers-avec-une-arme-blanche-neutralise-13-12-2019-8216508.php |
| Posted by: si vis pacem 2019-12-14 16:42 |
| #3 Some 42-year old Moroccan, crazy ward escapee. Last words were "I'll kill you ! Uggghh.. " |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-14 16:37 |
| #2 I'm going to guess a black white supremacist. Or, as our betters in the US media would say, African-American. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-12-14 14:20 |
| #1 and the man's identity has not been disclosed. I don't know about France, but in the US, not mentioning the identity of the perp tends to be a marker for certain ethnicities. Is it too soon to begin placing bets? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-14 13:54 |