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2018-12-12 Europe

Day 2: Fatal Shooting Near Christmas Market in Strasbourg Now Considered Terror Attack

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Looks like he spends way too much time banging his head on the ground. I'll bet if they wanted they could take some fiber samples from that thing and see what ~~jihad school~~ mosque he belongs to.

Was he off his meds or just misunderstood the time?

Posted by gorb 2018-12-12 00:38|| 2018-12-12 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 The West needs to treat a "prayer bump" as a bullseye and make any sniper who hits it rich.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-12-12 07:15|| 2018-12-12 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 "Allahu Akhbar" shouted.

Arabic for "Merry Christmas, Infidels"

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-12 07:35|| 2018-12-12 07:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The latest from the Telegraph:

The mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, said police had narrowly missed catching the suspect last night at around 10pm. "There was an exchange of fire. Police told me that they were waiting for him on a cycle path.

"And when he approached them in the dark, they shone a torch in his face, which blinded him, but he immediately opened fire. They riposted and it may have been at this time that he was wounded," he told France Info.

According to Der Spiegel, the assailant had been in prison in Germany until 2017 on a sentence for “serious” theft handed out by Singen district court in Bade-Wurtemberg next to the Alsace border, after which he was expelled to France.

According to Mr Heitz, Mr Chekatt has 27 previous convictions in Germany, Switzerland and France, and was placed on the terror watch-list while in prison in 2015 after he showed signs of radicalisation.

Four of the attacker's relatives were also detained by police on Wednesday.

Police were due to arrest him Tuesday morning for attempted murder after a botched armed robbery but he had escaped and a long rifle and stun grenade were found at his home.

Fears of terror strikes had waned in recent months. Instead, the country has been more concerned about an ongoing nationwide “yellow vest” revolt as protesters call for lower taxes and higher wages.

However, four “radicalised” men were arrested at the start of the revolt in early November and charged with plotting to carry out a terror attack during the first “yellow vest” protest. A hunting rifle was found and police said there was evidence they were trying to acquire a Kalashnikov.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-12 10:07|| 2018-12-12 10:07|| Front Page Top

#5 The Daily Mail reports our miscreant was well known in local Islamist circles. So he is connected, not exactly lone.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-12 10:15|| 2018-12-12 10:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Looks like he was radicalized in jail. Probably one of the dumbest things about jail systems. Gotta separate the better eggs from the worse.

https://nypost.com/2018/12/12/france-shooting-suspect-cherif-chekatt-was-radicalized-while-in-jail-officials/

Posted by gorb 2018-12-12 16:50|| 2018-12-12 16:50|| Front Page Top

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