Paris police attack: 'Four killed' by knife-wielding man

[Jimbuna]

A knife-wielding man has killed four officers at central police headquarters in Paris, French media report.

The attacker, who has not been named but is said to be a member of staff, was later shot dead by police.

There has been no official statement so far. The area in the île de la Cité - in the centre of Paris - has been sealed off.

The attack comes a day after police went on strike across France over increasing violence towards officers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/49921145

Probably not terrorist related but a terrible atrocity nonetheless :nope:

[eddie]

Feel sorry for the officers who lost their lives, whole thing is insane.

[em2nought]

Damn those full auto knives. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

The wife of a police employee who killed four colleagues at the Paris force's HQ says he had a psychotic episode, was incoherent and heard voices the night before, reports say.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49931153

[Skybird]

The attack was most likely a Muslim terror attack. As has emerged due to French policemen speaking out in anger over the French interior minister, the man was under surveillance by a french special force monitoring Muslim terror suspects in France, since after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo he commented with "serves them right". French state attorney now probes this as a case of terror. The french interior monster is under pressure for playing down the attack and rejected to call it terror, he even refused to call it murder and instead called it a violent episode or something like that. He should even have given order that the police should not do it either. The man worked in an IT department of the french police where he dealt with the priavae adresses and real names of French police officers. Thats why the police now is deeply worried, since it is unknown if and to whom he has given these data which potentially could make policemen prone for blackmailing or violent retaliation and attacks on their private life and families.


In Germany meanwhile they want to widen the identifcation duty of police officers. In asmaller number of states the ymust wear numbers so that they oculd internally be identified if complaints get laid against the, for exmaple abuse of power or excessive force, but in most staes they must wear name badges which in these times of the itnernet can be enough to idntify polciemen'S living places and families. I agree with the numbersbadges, but i oppose the name badges, it is insane and a potential desaster for the police officers. But they want to widen the name badges over here, having them in the states as well where so far there are only badges with numbers.

[Skybird]

State attorney now says the murderer was a radical salafist who converted to Islam 10 years ago. His wife is help in custody.



National Assembly'S opposition demands an investigation committee probing the French interior minister for not hjavign told the truth and trying to hide the truth and gagging the police. An according proposal will be filed early next week.

[Skybird]

It indeed looks as if French politicians acted by the motto "it cannot be what should not be, and if it is nevertheless, hide it from the public".

https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fdebatte%2Fkommentare %2Farticle201450076%2FAttentat-in-Paris-Die-Wahrheit-scheibchenweise.html

Other reports say that the murderer has been taken note of several times due to extremist comments - and that the superiors in the department where he workd instead put his colleagues under pressure to not report these comments to the special counter terrorism section of the police. What the hell where these bastards thinking...???

In June 2016, a couple, both police officers, was slain inside their own private home in Magnanville after finishing time and returning from work. Their throats were cut.

The murderer now worked in an IT section that dealt with the identities and names and adresses of police officers. French police men have all reason now to be deeply concerned. The man was allowed to continue working there even after he caught attention and showed signs of having turned "radical". Superiors prohibited to react to this.

That the case now got covered by the press is only due to police officers anonymously giving indications and evidence to journalists, in violation of their orders.

France got struck by a Muslim terrorist again - and by a self-made massive political correctness attack. Four victims paid with their lifes for it, a fifth is seriously wounded.

[Jimbuna]

What a mess :nope: