news Terrorist attack near the Eiffel tower; German tourist stabbed to death

[Riverbank]

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A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism and mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris late Saturday night before being arrested, with prosecutors opening an investigation into a "terrorist plot". 

 

The attacker, known to authorities and in treatment for mental illness, shouted "Allahu Akbar" – Arabic for "God is greatest" – at the moment of the attack, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said at the scene by Bir Hakeim bridge over the River Seine.

 

Germany on Sunday condemned the stabbing that killed the 23-year-old tourist. "The Islamist knife attack on a young man near the Eiffel Tower in Paris is an abominable crime. Our thoughts go to the family and friends of the victim, and to the others wounded in this terrible act," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the Funke media group in an interview.

 

 

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RIP to the victim

Edited December 3, 2023 by Riverbank

[She-Rah]

That’s horrible. 

 

RiP to the victim

[SlowGinFizzzz]

Religion of peace at it again. 

[Alongoria13]

All the peace the world is getting

[Zoomer]

Strange timing, somehow they always reappear when it’s convenient for a certain state. No need to mention names…

[WitnessOblivia]

Terrible.

RIP.

[Kasix]

Clickbait. You made it sound like the Eiffel tower itself was the target, but it’s just some random German person that got stabbed. 

[Riverbank]

Apparently, the perpetrator was known for radical Islamism to the French authorities. He was released from prison after 4 years for a failed terrorist attack.

[Anthinos]

Why is a criminal like him allowed to walk around freely? He had already planned a terrorist attack in the past. People like that have to go. Europe is too soft when it comes to crime.

[Communion]

Very interesting that the OP has decided - for some reason - to exclude from the article the fact that the 26-year-old attacker was a man born and raised in France.

 

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Prosecutors specialising in terrorist incidents told AFP they had opened a probe into the attacker, who was identified as a French national born in 1997 to Iranian parents.

Odd how far-right attempts at forced assimilation (without addressing the material basis for integration) - that include forced re-education camps for those deemed potential threats - don't seem to be working within France! And that even those born and raised in the hub of Western liberal values can be radicalized against their appeal! Maybe another policy should be given a try to avoid this kind of needless violence.

 

I'm sure this thread will be full of productive views and not just incoherent screeching about immigration policy towards someone who is not an immigrant!

Edited December 3, 2023 by Communion

[punisher]

These extremist people are putting such a bad name on the religion 

RIP

 

[Raptus]

5 minutes ago, Communion said:

Very interesting that the OP has decided - for some reason - to exclude from the article the fact that the 26-year-old attacker was a man born and raised in France.

 

Odd how far-right attempts at forced assimilation (without addressing the material basis for integration) - that include forced re-education camps for those deemed potential threats - don't seem to be working within France! 

 

I'm sure this thread will be full of productive views and not just incoherent screeching about immigration policy towards someone who is not an immigrant!

You being from New Jersey is so fitting for your "personality"

 

 

 

[Mitsouko]

I wonder if he shouted "Allahu Akbar" – Arabic for "God is greatest" – at the moment of the attack

 

 

[The7thStranger]

What I don't understand is why so many European states are so lenient with people they know to be a danger to society.

Edited December 3, 2023 by The7thStranger

[ontherocks]

23 minutes ago, The7thStranger said:

What I don't understand is why so many European states are so lenient with people they know to be a danger to society.

He was born and raised in France. 

[Bhabylon]

The Islamophobia in this thread  

[SlowGinFizzzz]

10 minutes ago, Bhabylon said:

The Islamophobia in this thread  

A phobia is an irrational fear though. I don't think being afraid of the extreme ideology that Islam is at its core is irrational. 

[The7thStranger]

23 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

He was born and raised in France. 

Yes, and...?

[ontherocks]

2 minutes ago, The7thStranger said:

Yes, and...?

He was also from a non religious family from Iran, probably second or third generation. I assume you are pointing at immigration laws in Europe. 

Edited December 3, 2023 by ontherocks

[Gui Blackout]

1 hour ago, Riverbank said:

Apparently, the perpetrator was known for radical Islamism to the French authorities. He was released from prison after 4 years for a failed terrorist attack.

We hear this same story over and over again. People who commit these acts have either been detained in the past or were under some sort of watch list. There's always a precedent, and yet the police fails to prevent these attacks. 

[bad guy]

39 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

He was born and raised in France. 

That’s irrelevant. He was on a watch list he apparently had plans that foiled before. With all that information why wasn’t this person thrown in a jail cell where he belongs.

 

Same thing with all these mass shooters in the US that were on FBI watch before their attacks 

[Talento]

3 hours ago, Riverbank said:

A man known to French authorities for radical Islamism

Yet another "isolated case" 

[Take Me Apart]

It's time to revisit Jus soli citizenship laws

[Headlock]

2 hours ago, Communion said:

Very interesting that the OP has decided - for some reason - to exclude from the article the fact that the 26-year-old attacker was a man born and raised in France.

 

Odd how far-right attempts at forced assimilation (without addressing the material basis for integration) - that include forced re-education camps for those deemed potential threats - don't seem to be working within France! And that even those born and raised in the hub of Western liberal values can be radicalized against their appeal! Maybe another policy should be given a try to avoid this kind of needless violence.

 

I'm sure this thread will be full of productive views and not just incoherent screeching about immigration policy towards someone who is not an immigrant!

Looks like we found the new goalpost, which is not ~at all~ a dogwhistle: 

3 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

It's time to revisit Jus soli citizenship laws

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by Headlock

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