Swiss police kill axe-wielding train
hostage-taker, passengers unhurt
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Swiss police killed an axe and knife-wielding asylum seeker from Iran who took 15 train passengers hostage Thursday night near Yverdon.
According to police reports they stormed the train when they saw the man move away from the hostages and fatally shot him when he attacked police.
The man was killed and hostages freed when police burst onto the train at 10:15 p.m. local time Thursday night.
"Around 10:15 p.m., the attack was launched and the hostages were all released unharmed," a Vaud canton police statement said. "The hostage taker was fatally injured during the intervention. The Public Prosecutor's Office was informed and opened a criminal investigation."
The 32-year-old man who took the passengers hostage forced the train to stop at the Essert-sous-Champvent station. He forced the train mechanic to leave his post and join the other passenger hostages.
More than 60 police officers responded to the hostage incident on the train line linking Baulmes to Yverdon-les-Bains.
The hostage-taker's motive was unknown.
Except that he was from Iran, and therefore a Muslim, and because he was very stressed, he was probably radicalized and completely insane.
The hostages and family members were taken to Yverdon and supported by the psychological unit of Public Health, according to police.
One passenger said the hostage-taker appeared to be "very stressed."
U.K. police say London chemical attack suspect likely vanished in the Thames
The suspect in a London chemical attack that left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and injured her two young daughters likely has vanished in the River Thames, police said Friday.
Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said closed-circuit television images showed Abdul Ezedi walking on a bridge over the river but never exiting it. Investigators concluded he had probably “gone into the water,” although they haven’t found a body.
Or, someone picked him up!
“At this time of year, the Thames is very fast flowing, very wide and full of lots of snags,” Savell told reporters. “It is quite likely that if he has gone in the water, he won’t appear for maybe up to a month, and it’s not beyond possibility that he may never actually surface.”
Police launched a nationwide manhunt for Ezedi, 35, after the woman and her daughter were attacked with an alkaline substance in the Clapham area of south London on Jan. 31. Images of Ezedi captured after the attack revealed he suffered significant injuries to the right side of his face.
The woman had previously been in a relationship with him, according to police.
British media reported that Ezedi is an Afghan refugee who was granted asylum even after he was convicted of a sex offense in Britain in 2018. Ezedi’s asylum application was initially rejected, but he was later given permission to remain in the U.K. after claiming that he had converted to Christianity, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
Some fool of a priest with no discernment or wisdom vouchsafed for him.
Police said their inquiries continue.
France: Muslim says of Jews after Oct. 7,
‘I’m going to behead all these sons of b*tches’
The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); they disobey Allah and never observe his commands (5:13). They are disputing and quarreling (2:247); hiding the truth and misleading people (3:78); staging rebellion against the prophets and rejecting their guidance (2:55); being hypocritical (2:14, 2:44); giving preference to their own interests over the teachings of Muhammad (2:87); wishing evil for people and trying to mislead them (2:109); feeling pain when others are happy or fortunate (3:120); being arrogant about their being Allah’s beloved people (5:18); devouring people’s wealth by subterfuge (4:161); slandering the true religion and being cursed by Allah (4:46); killing the prophets (2:61); being merciless and heartless (2:74); never keeping their promises or fulfilling their words (2:100); being unrestrained in committing sins (5:79); being cowardly (59:13-14); being miserly (4:53); being transformed into apes and pigs for breaking the Sabbath (2:63-65; 5:59-60; 7:166); and more. They are under Allah’s curse (9:30), and Muslims should wage war against them and subjugate them under Islamic hegemony (9:29).
Arras attack: an acquaintance of the attacker sentenced to
socio-judicial monitoring for advocating terrorism
translated from “Attentat d’Arras : une connaissance de l’assaillant condamnée à un suivi socio judiciaire pour apologie du terrorisme,” Le Parisien, February 6, 2024 (thanks to Medforth):
An 18-year-old young man, acquaintance of Mohammed Mogouchkov, the Arras attacker, was sentenced Tuesday to socio-judicial monitoring for advocating terrorism.
It was as part of the investigation into the assassination of literature professor Dominique Bernard, stabbed to death on October 13, 2023, that Dani M., a young man with no record and a thick red beard, was spotted by investigators.
Without the assistance of a lawyer, he repeated his comments made against Charlie Hebdo in front of an educator three days before the Arras attack. “It was normal that at one point they were attacked,” he said. “When you insult the prophet and everything, this is what happens,” insisted this native of Arras. “It’s deserved for them, but I couldn’t do that,” he continued.
On October 10, he also told the educator his intention to go to jihad after his military service in Algeria, where he lived for 10 years. Then approved the assassination of Samuel Paty, mimed a throat-slitting gesture on her and ended up kissing a photo of Osama Bin Laden on his phone.
He was also prosecuted for comments against Jews. “I’m going to behead all these sons of bitches,” he said in Arabic in a video. Before the judges, he assured that he had spoken under the influence of cannabis and anger, a few days after the Hamas attacks and Israel’s response.
“We are not sure of provocation: we are indeed talking about someone who expresses his convictions,” noted the prosecutor, whose requisitions were followed.
This 5-year follow-up, delivered in Arras, is accompanied by an obligation of training and care, as well as 210 hours of community service. In the event of non-compliance, Dani M. risks up to two years in prison. However, the young man said nothing about his relationship with Mohammed Mogouchkov during the hearing.
And, apparently, no-one asked!
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