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Suspected Terrorist Killed After Stabbing Bystanders in Paris
2020-01-03
[Townhall] A suspected terrorist wearing an explosive vest has been shot dead after stabbing four people in the Paris suburb of Villejuif.

More information from The Daily Mail, per the police union in Paris

A police union source said: 'Four people were attacked by an individual in the Hautes-Bruyères park, near a supermarket.

'The attacker was armed with a knife and was lashing out at anyone he could. There were claims he was carrying explosives.

'Armed police arrived within minutes and were able to neutralise the attacker with gunfire. One of the people wounded was rushed to hospital and is in intensive care.'

The authorities are still trying to determine a motive.
Daily Mail update at 8:10 p.m. ET:
A terrorist who was wearing a mock explosive vest was shot dead in Paris this afternoon after stabbing three people, killing a man who was trying to protect his wife.

Witnesses told local media the attacker was yelling 'Allahu Akbar' as he launched the assault in the Hautes-Bruyères park in the Villejuif suburb shortly after 2pm on Friday.

Police said the man appeared to be wearing an explosive vest and had made off towards a Carrefour supermarket just under a mile away where he was 'neutralised,' shot several times and died at the scene.

Mayor of Villejuif Franck Le Bohellec told Le Parisen the dead man was a 56-year-old who 'was walking with his wife when the attacker approached, he wanted to protect his wife and it was he who suffered the stab wound'.

The knifeman has been identified by French media as Nathan C. by his card details which say he was born in 1997 in Lilas, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris.

Several sources said Nathan C. suffered from 'psychological problems.'

He was not being tracked as a religious zealot, although 'elements linked to religion' that 'suggested he had converted to Islam' were found among his personal effects, the local prosecutor's office said.

Two other victims have been rushed to Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital and remain in a 'critical condition', authorities said.

A specialist mine-clearance team inspected the man's dead body after his death and said it was 'clear of explosives', said the investigating source.
Posted by:Frank G

#8  For Jacques, the acutest of quandaries:
The Jew had made mock of his boundaries...
But so too the Muslim...
Mon Dieu, did it puzzle him!
"Muh France, just a congress of congeries?"
Posted by: Gluns Hatrack2182   2020-01-03 22:32  

#7  I just figured out that "suspected" must mean a sarc tag in French.
Posted by: gorb   2020-01-03 18:38  

#6  Ah
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-03 18:00  

#5  Moslem convert, barefoot in a djellaba.
Posted by: si vis pacem   2020-01-03 17:54  

#4  The Paris police department said the man, identified as 22-year-old Nathan C.

Probably not Muz
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-03 17:06  

#3  Suspected terrorist. Wonder what gave him away the explosive vest or the curly toed slippers?
Posted by: jpal   2020-01-03 17:05  

#2  Paris - City of Lights Stabs
Posted by: SteveS   2020-01-03 13:12  

#1  Villejuif= Jewish village/city
Posted by: Spanky Whuter1088   2020-01-03 12:55  

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