Another would-be jihad murderer wins more votes for Le Pen. Enough to pull France off national suicide watch? We shall see.
“Passengers flee in panic as knife-wielding man is tackled by police at Paris’ Gare du Nord Eurostar terminal just days after terror attack rocked France,” by Paddy Dinham, Dave Burke and Nick Fagge, Mailonline, April 22, 2017:
Panicked passengers fled in terror as a knifeman was arrested at Paris’ Gare du Nord station just a day before the French presidential vote.
The drama happened on a day of unrest in the French capital, during which police released tear gas after being pelted with flares and other makeshift weapons in a pre-election riot.
Footage of the station arrest shows armed police surround the man, who was restrained on the ground.
Panicked passengers abandoned their luggage as they fled, and boarding of Eurostar services was briefly suspended this afternoon. Police sources say the arrested man is a 20-year-old from Mali.
Tensions are high across France following Thursday night’s ISIS-inspired assassination of police officer Xavier Jugele by fanatic Karim Cheurfi at the Champs Elysee.
Today masked protesters hurled bottles and stones at legions of officers who flooded central Paris following the killing. A 200-strong mob hijacked a peaceful rally organised by left-wing unions and communists.
Voters will go to the polls tomorrow in the first round of the country’s presidential election.
Describing the incident at Gare de Nord, a French police official said that a man carrying a knife walked into the station and was flagged to officers, who arrested him immediately before anyone could be harmed.
French TV network BFMTV reports that the man did not resist arrest, and a police source said he claimed he was carrying the knife because he was afraid for his life. He was not previously known to police.
Another police source added that the arrest caused a ‘panic movement’ with a number of travellers abandoning their luggage in the middle of the station.
One police source said that some people saw the man, a 20-year-old Malian, ‘inside the station, knife in hand’ and pointed him out to police, who detained him….
john spielman says
why didn’t they SHOOT him ? it’s much safer for the police as the old adage says “never bring a knife to a gun fight”
Undaunted says
Exactly. All those cool Sig’s and HK’s and they tackled him? This is why I have said Europe has brought this on themselves. Thinking that kindness to savages sets the European culture above all others, Europe has decided to become a shit-hole.
PRCS says
Shooting to kill is the rule–not the exception. A live perp can provide much greater intelligence than a corpse.
Undaunted says
Shooting to immediately stop the deadly action is the rule. If the perp dies in the process, it’s his or her fault.
So, you’re a highly-trained operator?
Dennis says
Hate to say this, but the French deserve this. There can be no equality with these people. After all, the Koran says that they are the best of people.
Oliver says
Why was a refugee from Mali allowed in? Mali is NOT at war.
Just asking.
as for Dennis–I AGREE,.
Vyx says
Seems that “Muslim” automatically grants you refugee status, regardless of what is happening in your nation of origin.
maghan says
He can claim that there is a “war” with the Touaregs of Northern Mali.
Pumbar says
The Daily Mail should change its name to the Daily Mali. They seem to be the only ones reporting on these incidents.
Undaunted says
This kind of chicken-shit police work will only make the matter worse over time. Let’s say I’m a street cop – and I was – and there is a bad-actor in my AO who I know wants to fight me just because he hates cops. He tells all his friends how he’s going to beat my ass bare-handed, rip off my head and piss down the hole. So, one day I’m sitting at a busy intersection eating a breakfast sandwich and I see my antagonist heading for me with a huge chip on his shoulder, just begging to be knocked off. So, I put down my biscuit and un-ass my patrol car.
As he nears me, I yell, “Halt, in the name of the law.” He doesn’t even slow down but picks up speed. I can see no weapons on him or in his hands. So, I whip out my OC spray, aim it as his chest and spray a full treatment where the training sergeant told me to put it. But my foe doesn’t stop. He wipes his eyes and then reaches for me. Quick as a bunny, I reach for my Taser and issue him the obligatory warnings as he stands there screaming at me. He refuses to obey my lawful orders and so I Tase him. He’s on the ground doing the chicken as my partners show up and they cuff him and take him away.
What just happened here? Who won?
The bad-guy won because he was subdued – not defeated – by a pussy cop who had to use chemicals and wattage to do the job. Believe me; that is how the perp sees it. The cop purposefully decided to avoid a real man-to-man fight so, in the mind of the ill-mannered attacker, the cop didn’t beat his ass. In order to avoid the possibility that he would have his ass handed to him, the cop – and these types of cops are almost always the girl ones – this man cop let the bad-guy off the hook, allowed him to think and decide as he was being dragged away, “Fuck that pussy, He (or she) didn’t kick my ass; if it wasn’t for that fucking Taser, I’d have stomped that motherfucker into the pavement. Soon as I get out of this shit, I’m on that PO-lice boy till I show him who’s boss.”
And that is why shooting people with knives in the leg or tackling them in the name of European “advanced civilization” is not only stupid, it’s a signal of intentional weakness, in effect a signal of surrender. US cops are already doing the same thing: backing off the proper response so city “leaders” can avoid litigation and smears on their CV’s.
And people are being killed because of this cowardice… and many more will be killed.
Terry says
The results-in part of Ferguson.
And some “right wing” sociologist (I beleive) has written a book about this.
Brown-in Ferguson; martin in Orlando; the one on Staten Island NY-, the one in Louisiana, and Minn., and the Carolina’s–all were felons, or were juveniles heading for the big time, with records.
NONE WERE NICE GUYS.
BUT TO HER THEIR FAMILIES, THEY WERE ANGELS, AND THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
The wife of the scumbag in the Carolina’s (killed by a black cop, incidentally) had had court orders to keep him away from her, but when he was killed ” he had a book; he didn’t have a gun;—blah blah bull shit.
Terry says
5 lines form the bottom- 3rd word THEIR NOT HER
Richard Paulsen says
How did Europe manage without muslims? Peace, good standard of living. Can not understand. Hope that France will vote for the same politics as before. In order to save our souls. (Just joking).
Georg says
“… a peaceful rally organised by left-wing unions and communists.”
Mhm. As if the religion of peace hadn’t already given us more peacefulness than we can handle.
Terry says
To me, sounds ALMOST oxymoron English. A PEACEFUL RALLY—LEFT WING UNIONS AND COMMUNISTS”.
Never heard of one of those, tha I can remember.
Phil says
The French are idiots. Marine Le pen should have gotten 60% today. Instead of the measly second place 21%. The French are doomed if Macron wins. They will become an Islamic republic along with England and Germany.
Spike1033 says
Macron and Le Pen are the 2 left standing after the first round. The BBC calls her a fascist as do the French news outlets. She will lose the 2nd round and 39 year old Macron will be President despite never holding public office. France is already the number one target for ISIS in Europe. At the moment France has at least one attack a week. Soon it will be one a day. Le Pen would have had a difficult time but she would have tried to stem the flow of muslim violence. Macron will not. He will simply wring his hands and tell the French that we must be ‘civilised’. No, Macron, we must begin to fight dirty and when Europe realises that the threat will disappear.
andra says
He won´t even wring his Hands. He believes in terror to be normal for an “open” society and for the French future.
Anne Smith says
Typical French. A gutless lot who only care about making money from whoever invades them. That is their God.
They are currently being invaded by the Muslims and – true to past form – are unable to defend themselves. We had to save their skins in the first and second World Wars. As far as I am concerned they can sink or swim on their own now. They had a chance with Le Pen but were too cowardly to take it.
gravenimage says
Paris: Knife-wielding Muslim tackled by police at Eurostar terminal
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How many days in a row have there been Jihad terror attacks in Paris? Just glad to see that the police prevented him from murdering any victims–this time.
Matthieu Baudin says
“… Another would-be jihad murderer wins more votes for Le Pen. Enough to pull France off national suicide watch? We shall see…”
With the second round Presidential vote due in two weeks time, the public will have the opportunity to weigh up the resolve of each candidate to take action against Jihad violence instead of continuing to placate a fearful populous. Marine will gain more exposeur for her ideas than previously, reaching new audiences in Europe and around the world. In addition she’ll be able to show that she’s her own person; not the pugnacious grump that her father came to resemble.
andra says
It seems to me that most French want exactly this Kind of reality. Otherwise they would have voted differently yesterday. Macron has told them before, that terror becomes standard in “his” France.