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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Diners' quick response helped cops find restaurant attacker
2016-02-12
Moved to Non WoT

Quick observations by employees and patrons witnessing an apparently random machete attack on diners at a restaurant helped authorities track down the fleeing suspect, who was fatally shot in a confrontation with officers a few miles away, police said.

Witnesses at the Mediterranean restaurant in northeast Columbus gave a great description of the white getaway car and even took video that provided partial information on the license plate, Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said.

An officer working special duty nearby at the large Easton Town Center shopping complex spotted the vehicle, and officers confronted the man, who got out of the car holding a machete in one hand and a knife in the other, Weiner said. Police tried unsuccessfully to use a stun gun on him, then shot him when he lunged at them, he said. No officers were hurt.

It's unclear what motivated the Thursday evening attack at Nazareth Restaurant and Deli. Weiner said the restaurant attack appeared to be random.

"There was no rhyme or reason as to who he was going after," he said.
A Mediterranean restaurant and deli named Nazereth. Gee. I wonder if it was kosher.
Posted by:gorb

#14  I used to live there, Granville, loved Ohio, was a great place to raise my kids. Sometimes wish I were still there. Zero problems with CC when I was there.

Loved it.

Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2016-02-12 22:11  

#13  "Islam remains peaceful, not bloody,
Because, when we Muslims get naughty,
Mohammed, so ready
With gun or machete,
Was never a Muslim jihadi."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-02-12 18:50  

#12  According to The Times of Israel:

Four people were injured in the brutal attack Thursday evening at Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, a Mediterranean restaurant in Columbus. The victims were taken to an area hospital and were expected to recover.

The owner of the restaurant, Hany Baransi, is an Israeli Arab originally from Haifa, according to his daughter Rachel Joy Baransi.

Police said the man walked into the restaurant, which was crowded with patrons for a weekly musical performance, had a conversation with an employee and then left. He returned about a half hour later. That’s when police said he approached a man and a woman who were sitting just inside the door at a booth and started the attack.

Police said employees and patrons tried to get the man to stop.

“Some of the patrons there started throwing chairs at him just trying to get him out of there,” Weiner said.

The man eventually fled the scene in a white car and led police on a short chase. Officers forced the man off the road a few miles away and when he got out of his car police said they tried unsuccessfully to use a stun gun on him.

A daughter named Rachel does suggest the father is Christian rather than Muslim, as does naming the restaurant Nazareth.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-02-12 18:46  

#11  Rich Weiner

Hah Hah
Posted by: Classer   2016-02-12 18:37  

#10  Obviously he was denied a job at the place for being named Mohammed. Racist restaurant owner brought it on himself.

/s
Posted by: Charles   2016-02-12 18:15  

#9  The owner was a Christian Israeli originally from Nazareth, Israel. The Somali attacker's name, Mohammed. The investigators need time to come up with a politically correct statement regarding this hideous act by a preferred class of immigrants.
Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424   2016-02-12 17:19  

#8  Super helpful when the cops are called on a machete attack and when they pull a car over the guy gets out with a machete in hand.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-02-12 15:08  

#7  Nah. Machetes aren't a threat to an armed government.
Posted by: gorb   2016-02-12 13:50  

#6  0bama to issue executive order requiring background checks on machete purchasers.~
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-02-12 13:17  

#5  Ohio is in dire need of common sense machete control laws.
Posted by: regular joe   2016-02-12 13:11  

#4  Pretty sad when you go to stick up a resturant, yell 'Stick'em up!' and everyone raises up their cell phone to record the robbery...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-02-12 12:39  

#3  Alan - Ohio is very cool with CC as long as you have the proper license - painless to gain one also.
Posted by: GORT   2016-02-12 12:36  

#2  An item which may or may not be of importance:

The owner of the restaurant is from Israel - the attacker asked the staff where the owner was from prior to the attack.

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

I've been to this restaurant - good food - good people.


Let's file this in the "Inadvertently Funny" file - The local paper's website this morning said the police were still trying to "piece together' what happened.

No kidding.
Posted by: GORT   2016-02-12 12:35  

#1  What's Ohio's take on concealed carry?

This son of Islam should have been taken down by a patron.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-02-12 12:24