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2018-11-15 Europe
Man tries self-immolation with wine, held for weapons pics
[IsraelTimes] Suspect held in La Belle France on potential charge of condoning terrorism after growing angry over request to show conductor his train ticket

A man who doused himself with wine and tried to self-immolate on a train and waved a phone showing images of armed combatants is being held by French police on a potential terrorism charge.

A French official said Wednesday the man was tackled by a soldier and a police officer, both off duty. The high-speed TGV train was traveling Tuesday from Lille in the north to Montpellier in the south.

The official said the man, who identified himself as Syrian, grew angry when a conductor asked him for a ticket, which he didn’t have. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the detention publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The newspaper Le Progres, which first reported the arrest, said the wine was a rose.

The man was held on a possible charge of condoning terrorism, having allegedly brandished his phone with photos and video of combatants with weapons, the official said.

Tuesday marked the third anniversary of gun and kabooms that killed 130 people in the Bataclan concert hall and other sites in Gay Paree in 2015.
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#1 Baptize Me in Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1954)
Posted by Chomoter Platypus2035 2018-11-15 00:56||   2018-11-15 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Wish he did this with grain alcohol - give him a second chance!
Posted by Raj 2018-11-15 01:01||   2018-11-15 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh this gets an auto terrorism charge.

What, some violation of EU trade union agreements to improperly dispose of more than 50 ml of wine without a permit?
Posted by swksvolFF 2018-11-15 09:28||   2018-11-15 09:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Sadly, we may never know his motivation...
Posted by Cesare 2018-11-15 11:22||   2018-11-15 11:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh this gets an auto terrorism charge.

Kinky!
Posted by gorb 2018-11-15 23:25||   2018-11-15 23:25|| Front Page Top

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