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Showing Original Post only (View all)French couple stabbed to death by ISIS volunteer: no AR-15 involved. [View all]
Planes (9/11), bombs (London 7/7), knives,
we can talk about gun control, but it won't solve the problem of Islamic terrorism.
French police couple killed in attack claimed by Islamic State
A Frenchman who pledged allegiance to Islamic State stabbed a police commander to death outside his home and killed his partner, who also worked for the police, in an attack the government denounced as "an abject act of terrorism".
Larossi Abballa, 25, also took the couple's three-year-old son hostage in Monday night's attack. The boy was found unharmed but in a state of shock after police commandos stormed the house and killed the attacker.
Born in France of Moroccan origin, Abballa was jailed in 2013 for helping Islamist militants go to Pakistan and had been under security service surveillance, including wiretaps, at the time of the attack, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.
The attacker told police negotiators during the siege he had answered an appeal by Iraq-based Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "to kill infidels at home with their families", Molins told a news conference.
"The killer said he was a practicing Muslim, was observing Ramadan and, that three weeks ago, he had pledged allegiance to ... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," Molins said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-crime-idUSKCN0YZ2KA
A Frenchman who pledged allegiance to Islamic State stabbed a police commander to death outside his home and killed his partner, who also worked for the police, in an attack the government denounced as "an abject act of terrorism".
Larossi Abballa, 25, also took the couple's three-year-old son hostage in Monday night's attack. The boy was found unharmed but in a state of shock after police commandos stormed the house and killed the attacker.
Born in France of Moroccan origin, Abballa was jailed in 2013 for helping Islamist militants go to Pakistan and had been under security service surveillance, including wiretaps, at the time of the attack, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.
The attacker told police negotiators during the siege he had answered an appeal by Iraq-based Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "to kill infidels at home with their families", Molins told a news conference.
"The killer said he was a practicing Muslim, was observing Ramadan and, that three weeks ago, he had pledged allegiance to ... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," Molins said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-crime-idUSKCN0YZ2KA
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French couple stabbed to death by ISIS volunteer: no AR-15 involved. [View all]
Albertoo
Jun 2016
OP
Actually, that 50 figure are just those killed, practically double that to account for the injured.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#81
And yet, Paris will end the year with fewer gun deaths than comparably sized US cities
jberryhill
Jun 2016
#40
Should just call it "the problem of Religious terrorism." All the same. The NRA is a hate group. eom
fleabiscuit
Jun 2016
#11
See post #7: I just want to make San Bernardino or Orlando difficult for religious loons.
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#21
Magic markering out registration dates is not a problem I've ever heard of. :)
A Little Weird
Jun 2016
#97
Setting aside that there are already significant regulations in place across the US..
TipTok
Jun 2016
#92
There is a difference between someone being of a religion and doing something awful, and
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#25
get rid of drunk driving laws because people still drink and drive and get others killed
JI7
Jun 2016
#29
The NRA and ISIS share this in common - without guns, they'd both just be a bunch of hateful morons.
leveymg
Jun 2016
#30
And we can talk about terrorism, but it won't solve the problem of absurd levels of gun violence. n
greyl
Jun 2016
#44
True, but that other issue should also include national security and democracy
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#47
Assault rifles are relevant to the two points I made (irrespective of islamic terrorism)
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#54
Massacre at Chinese coal mine: Knife-wielding separatists blamed for attack that killed at least 50.
BlueNoMatterWho
Jun 2016
#66
BREAKING: US ARMY DISCONTINUES USE OF FIREARMS, ISSUES KNIVES TO SOLDIERS INSTEAD
Orrex
Jun 2016
#83
Can't we PLEASE do something so we can get back to being killed by 'normal' spree shooters?!?!
ck4829
Jun 2016
#96
If that objective was clear, many mistakes would be avoided (like invading Iraq)
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#144
LOL: so you 'know' Islam's virulent homophobia did not contribute to the shooter's homophobia?
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#106
No, I'm not saying that. I think it was one of the things that did "inform" his
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#138
LOL, ok, you are clueless. You really want me in a room with a knife or a AR-15 and start killing?
Logical
Jun 2016
#112
Off topic: islamists get both irrespective of local legislations, and that's the point
Albertoo
Jun 2016
#117