Police shoot man dead who stabbed officers in Joue-les-Tours police station |
The attacks began in Tours on Saturday when a man stabbed three police officers after shouting “God is Great” in Arabic.
He was eventually shot dead by officers and counter-terrorism officers are investigating.
On Sunday, 13 people were injured in Dijon when a car driver targeted pedestrians in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour.
He was also heard shouting “God Is Great” in Arabic, before ploughing into pedestrians.
Prosecutors said the attacker had been hospitalised 157 times, stressing that he was mentally ill. Does that make any difference? All Muslim militants are mentally ill!
French soldiers patrol near the Eiffel Tower in Paris as part of the “Vigipirate” security plan. |
A third attack, on Monday, in Nantes, saw 10 people injured – including one who is said to be “clinically dead” – when a van was driven into a Christmas market.
A government minister said the attack “seems to be that of an unbalanced mind”. In other words, a jihadist.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls told Europe 1 radio there were no indications the three attacks were linked. You mean other than the fact that two of them were almost identical; two of them shouted 'Allahu Akbar' while they were trying to kill innocent civilians; and all three were Muslims. Other than that, they had nothing in common.
But he noted the rising profiles of French extremists in Syria and said the terrorist threat is higher than ever and that security was being raised.
In a live television address, he said: “Police and Gendarmerie (military police) patrols will be deployed in crowded areas, as at priority malls, centres of towns, train stations and transport networks.
“The number of patrols will be increased during this (Christmas) period.
“Two hundred to 300 soldiers will be deployed in the coming hours.”
No comments:
Post a Comment