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Paris: Jihad murderer of policeman was under investigation for terrorism, but let go

Apr 20, 2017 8:03 pm By Robert Spencer

Too many jihadis to keep track of. And it’s only going to get worse, thanks to the suicidal policies to which the political elites cling with ferocious tenacity.

“Paris terror attack: who is the gunman who was ‘let go’ by French authorities?,” by Chiara Palazzo, Telegraph, April 21, 2017:

A policeman was shot dead on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Thursday night by a gunman who was under preliminary investigation for terrorism but “let go” in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Isil claimed the shooting, days before French presidential elections, via its Amaq news agency, naming the attacker as Abu Yousif al-Bajiki (the Belgian), but police said the identity had not been confirmed.

President Francois Hollande said he was convinced it was a terrorist attack.

The gunman had recently been detained for questioning in a police station in Meaux, outside Paris, after “informants” had indicated that he was “seeking to obtain weapons to kill policemen”, according to reports.

But due to a lack of evidence, anti-terror prosecutors “let him go”.

The attacker jumped out of a car around 9pm local time and opened fire on a police car parked on the Champs-Elysees, hitting at least two officers. The man’s gun, thought to have been a Kalashnikov, was described by authorities as a “war weapon”.

The man was then shot dead as he fled and police later carried out searches at an address east of Paris, Pierre-Henry Brandet, the interior ministry spokesman, confirmed.

The 39-year old gunman, was known by intelligence services for radicalisation and had previously targeted police 16 years ago in a car chase, when he opened fire on officers, according to BFMTV.

Le Parisien reported that authorities know him as Karim C. The prosecutor has declined to name him, although he confirmed they did know his identity

During questioning in a police station, he managed to get hold of a police weapon and fire five times. The policeman survived, but the man was sentenced to several years in prison for the attack.

Mr Brandet said police had a name for the gunman and it matched a suspect known to security services but the attacker’s fingerprints had not been matched with those of the suspect….

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  1. Oliver says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    And ( according to another news site- conservative one) MSNBC CONDEMNED PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR CALLING THIS AS TERRORISM.

    A guess, they thought that this Muslim was upset because he got a ticket for overtime parking at a meter.

  2. Peggy says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    Another one on their watch and managed to kill. So how well are they watching these vermin?
    It just made it a bit easier for Marine Le Penn.

    If the French don’t elect her overwhelmingly then they are really that stupid. There is still more of native French than the scum who came for dinner and stayed.

    • Oliver says

      Apr 20, 2017 at 8:29 pm

      It says, in one of the several posts about this, that this piece of shit was born in France.

      So, living in the country for decades (admittedly, a good chunk in prison) and still hating it. He could have left.

    • Graham says

      Apr 21, 2017 at 5:39 am

      Yes, if the French don’t vote in Le Penn their country has no hope! I watched the Prager University film following events in Sweden – they were asking Swedish women if they thought that the high level of rapes by muslim immigrants was related to Islam? They answered No, and said they wanted more muslim immigrants!!!! Please France don’t be that STUPID! Check out David Woods videos on Youtube for the truth about Islam!

    • dragaozao says

      Apr 21, 2017 at 1:56 pm

      The “watch” list is just a psycological move. The threats are so many they can’t watch them all. It´s a miracle they managed to prevent so many attacks in the past. And this is valid to the “veto” of migrants as well. There’s no way you can veto a good liar. So far, I haven´t seen politicians addressing the main target: ideology behind terror.

  3. Tetvet1968 says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    The French authorities are now refusing to call the murder of a Paris police offer was a terrorist attack. This PC world is going to get a lot of people killed. By burying our collective heads in the sand or having an AK-47 shoved up our asses.

  4. Darryl Kerney says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 8:32 pm

    He got a cop’s gun, in a police station, shoots 5 times, injuring an officer,
    and he only served “several years” ?
    gee, think that might be part of the problem ?

    • Dblitz says

      Apr 20, 2017 at 8:46 pm

      Amazing

  5. Paladin says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 10:04 pm

    The two commonalities we are seeing every time now are these: 1) lone wolf on the radar of the police 2) allowed to fall off that radar because of political pressure not to look too hard at Muslims.

  6. somehistory says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 11:31 pm

    Stats on prison populations show that most inmates have been incarcerated before. When let out on parole, most re-offend within the first three months, and nearly all have been re-incarcerated within their first five years of freedom.

    There is no logical reason to think that a moslim who is on a terror watch list will not carry out a terror attack when he is not longer being watched, or that one who has committed a terror act before, will not do so again. If they are caught and put in prison, upon release, it should be expected that they will carry out another terror attack.

    satan the devil demands it of them. They must murder for their beast of islam. The beast must be fed until the beast is dead.

  7. gravenimage says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 11:39 pm

    Paris: Jihad murderer of policeman was under investigation for terrorism, but let go
    …………………..

    And before that he was in prison for *trying to kill police*–but was let out early. Suicidal madness.

  8. Robert says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 11:41 pm

    All policing Institutions like Interpol complain that there are too many jihadis to keep track of. And it’s only going to get worse… I love to receive true refugees but we should find a way to early detect jihadists who enter the EU and are hiding among refugees.

  9. Tetvet1968 says

    Apr 21, 2017 at 5:58 am

    The French authorities are now refusing to call the murder of a Paris police offer a terrorist attack. This PC world is going to get a lot of people killed. By burying our collective heads in the sand or having an AK-47 shoved up our asses.

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