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| Youth Shouts 'Allahu Akbar', Tries To Grab Olympic Flame From Torch Bearer |
| 2012-07-22 |
| Boy runs from crowd and attempts to wrestle flame from torch bearer shouting Arabic for 'God is Great' Anna Skora, 23, manages to keep hold of flame to carry on Security drag teenager away, who has since been enjugged Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! and is being held in jug Kent police say the relay continued 'without disruption' as Ms Skora passes torch on to next bearer A 17-year-old shouted 'Allahu Akbar' - Arabic for 'God is Great' - as he unsuccessfully tried to grab the Olympic torch during a stretch of the flame's route through Maidstone towards Redhill. Broadcast live on the BBC, the youth lunged from the crowd to try to take the torch from the hands of its bearer Anna Skora, but was swiftly bundled away by officers. In one video posted to YouTube he can be seen waiting behind a car and as Ms Skora gets closer he lunges towards the torch. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Arm the torch bearers. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-07-22 09:37 |
| #1 Good Riddance. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-07-22 05:53 |