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Belgium: Muslim who tried to ram pedestrians had liquid gas, assault rifles and knives in car

Mar 23, 2017 11:20 am By Robert Spencer

The Daily Mail, the worst paper in the Western world, calls this attacker a “French Muslim.” In reality, he himself would doubtless vigorously deny that he is French. He no doubt considers himself a citizen of the global Islamic umma.

More on this story. “BREAKING NEWS: French Muslim arrested after trying to drive a car loaded with liquid gas, assault rifles and knives into a crowd at high speed on a busy shopping street in Antwerp,” by Gareth Davies, Mailonline, March 23, 2017:

A French Muslim has been arrested after trying to drive a car loaded with liquid gas, assault rifles and knives into a crowd at high speed on a busy shopping street in Antwerp.

Belgian police, who confirmed more security personnel had been sent to the area, said the car was being driven at high speed and that pedestrians had to jump out of the way to avoid being injured.

In the car, authorities said they found knives, a shotgun and a gas can with an unknown liquid and the case has now been taken over by officers who usually deal with extremist attacks.

It comes just hours after three people were killed in London by a terrorist who mowed down pedestrians and cyclists outside the House of Commons before stabbing a policeman to death.

Belgian police arrested a man named as Mohamed R, 39, on Thursday after he tried to drive into a crowd at high-speed in a shopping area in the port city of Antwerp at around 11am.

The suspect, who has not been confirmed as a Muslim but is named after the religion’s prophet and is said to be of North African dissent, was wearing camouflage when he was arrested.

Belgian security forces found a rifle as well as bladed weapons in a car driven by a Frenchman who tried to ram a crowd on Thursday in the port city of Antwerp.

The federal prosecutor’s office also said bomb disposal units were on the scene to examine the vehicle.

‘Different arms were found in the boot – bladed weapons, a riot gun (rifle) and a container of liquid that is still unidentified,’ the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

‘The suspect is Mohamed R, born on May 8, 1977, of French nationality and a resident of France,’ the statement said….

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  1. Keys says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 11:41 am

    As Bush and Obama said, “We are not at war with Islam.”
    As another Bush said for different reasons: “Read my lips…..Wouldn’t be prudent.”

    As the toddler sitting on the kitchen floor with chocolate crumbs on her face said to her mom standing akimbo, “I dint take no cookies, an I dint eat none either”.

  2. zulu says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 11:45 am

    what is Antwerp famous for? Lots of diamond shops which are owned by Jews. Coincidence? I think not.

  3. Richard Paulsen says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 11:53 am

    Strange that it is being called muliticulturalism, but muslim terrorists are called lonely wolves.

    • Richard Paulsen says

      Mar 23, 2017 at 11:57 am

      Should be called lonewolfculture.

  4. marina says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    “The suspect, who has not been confirmed as a Muslim but is named after the religion’s prophet”

    I wonder how many Sikh, Buddhists or Catholics are named after the religion’s prophet?

    • berserker says

      Mar 23, 2017 at 12:21 pm

      Surely you have heard of Mohammed Singh, Mohammed Priyadarshi, Mohammed MacAleese, etc. 🙂

    • in Texas says

      Mar 23, 2017 at 7:38 pm

      Ask all the mexicanos named “Jesus.”

      Actually Jesus was The Divine Redeemer of mankind, not a “prophet.” I think moslems call Him a prophet.

  5. Michael says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    Mohammed … Mohammed … hmmm. Mohammed. Who and what does that remind me of? … hmmm. Nah. Coincidence.

  6. ShandyLover says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    He’s called Mohammad and he has ‘mental health’ issues.

    Heard it all before.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 23, 2017 at 6:24 pm

      ‘Mohammed R.’ … hmmmm … must be a Seventh Day Adventist or Mormon.

      Car filled with “liquid gas, assault rifles and knives” ???

      No problem. It’s not a problem if Muslims have those in their cars, but it WOULD BE a problem if “extreme right-wing supremacists” were carrying those items.

      Don’t all Muslims normally have “liquid gas, assault rifles and knives” in their cars?

  7. Angemon says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 7:01 pm

    The suspect, who has not been confirmed as a Muslim

    Oh, for f***’s sake! The healine reads “French muslim”. The article starts with “A French Muslim”.

    • bernie says

      Mar 23, 2017 at 9:48 pm

      Also, the word “dissent” should be “descent” or “origin” in this article.

  8. billybob says

    Mar 23, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    So that’s the second article I read, that exactly like the first, left me wondering how the police stopped this guy “arrested after trying to drive a car … into a crowd at high speed on a busy shopping street”
    “Belgian police … said the car was being driven at high speed and that pedestrians had to jump out of the way to avoid being injured.” Then the articles jump from there to talk about what they found in the car. ”In the car, authorities said they found knives, a shotgun and a gas can with an unknown liquid.”

    So tell me, how did we get from watching this guy trying to drive a car into a crowd at high speed to his arrest? Something is missing here obviously. Was he “pulled over” and the guy stop out of respect for the law? Did they point a gun at him? Did he stop at a red light? Did his engine stall? This doesn’t make sense to me. My guess is these stories originated in another language and something was lost in the translation.

  9. Stephen says

    Mar 24, 2017 at 3:25 am

    Robert, love all you do except your persistent attacks on the Daily Mail, which are plain wrong. It is the best newspaper in the UK, far more honest and open than any other. It has Richard Littlejohn and Katie Hopkins telling the truth every week. How can it be worse than the Guardian, the Times and the (not)Independent? I can only suspect your vitriol is personal, which is unworthy of you. Please direct your attacks to the BBC, the most biased media in thew western world. They need undermining. If you cannot support the Mail, at least stop undermining it.

    • Robert Spencer says

      Mar 25, 2017 at 12:47 pm

      It isn’t personal in the slightest. The BBC, Guardian, Times and Independent are all clearly propaganda organs of the Leftist establishment. The Daily Mail reports well on the daily jihad, but constantly defames and vilifies those who are trying to do something about it, such as Geert Wilders. That makes it far worse than they are.

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