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Ramadan in Belgium: Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” triggers explosion at Brussels Central Station

Jun 20, 2017 5:01 pm By Robert Spencer

Do European authorities think there is going to be an end to this? Do they think that at some point the Muslims in Europe will be pacified and become loyal, productive citizens? Do they think that if they shower enough welfare and appeasement upon them, that this era of peace will soon dawn? They’re in for a rude awakening.

“Terror returns to Brussels: Suspected suicide bomber threatening train passengers ‘shouts Allahu Akbar and triggers an explosion’ at city’s central station as he is shot dead by soldiers,” by Ekin Karasin and Peter Allen, MailOnline, June 20, 2017:

A suicide bomber who allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and triggered an explosive vest at Brussels Central Station has been gunned down and killed by soldiers.

Shots rang out soon after 9pm as police and soldiers moved in ‘to neutralise a suspect who was threatening civilians,’ said an investigating source.

Initial reports suggested the suspect was wearing a rucksack packed with explosives, while witnesses later claimed he tried to blow up a trolley or a suitcase.

Tourists were among those who fled in panic, and within a few minutes nearby shops and restaurants were shutting down.

The Grand Place, the city’s most popular tourist spot, was completely evacuated because of fears that the man might not be acting alone.

‘Efforts were made to save him, but he is dead,’ said one of the sources, who added that ‘the situation is now under control.’

‘The attacker was shot several times, and it appears that he triggered a device,’ another source added. There are no other casualties.

The suspect shouted out “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) before causing the explosion on Tuesday, a witness said.

‘I went down to the mezzanine level, someone was shouting. Then he cried ‘Allahu Akbar’, and he blew up a trolley,’ Nicolas Van Herrewegen, a railway sorting agent, said.

Local media also corroborated reports later on that suspect blew up a trolley or suitcase in an increasingly confusing situation.

A witness told local media that the bomber blew up a trolley. They said passengers were several metres away but were unhurt.

Soldiers ran toward the spot, saw wires protruding from the man’s clothes, and shot him. That account could not be independently confirmed.

Images shot at the scene showed an explosion, and what looked like an individual on fire. Belgian Rail says traffic has been halted at the station with local media reporting that there was a small blast there….

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  1. Jayell says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:19 pm

    The prime duty of any citizen or person with rights of residence in any country is to show full respect towards the citizens of that country. Intentionally exploding bombs in public places is a clear sign of serious disrespect, and therefore a fundamental breach of the conditions of citizenship or rights of residence. So kick the b*stards out. End of story.

    • Laine says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 6:48 pm

      Murderous intent toward one’s fellow citizens is “serious disrespect”?

      The sooner know-nothing westerners are made aware that Islam is a SUPREMACIST belief system, that all so-called “peaceful” Muslims are SUPREMACISTS if they’re devout, the better. The same libs who faint at the words “white supremacist” nod and smile when the supremacists are brown or black.

  2. Carlos Danger says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    The BBC’s Katty Kay has already told us that attacks in public spaces like this are the new normal.

    • Hindu American says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      Here’s what politically correct BBC News has to say:

      “Belgian soldiers have shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station”

      “suspected”? “would be suicide bomber”?

      Has the liberal press gone daft? That damn terrorist blew himself up on camera!! What more do the libertards want to know before calling a spade a spade? A court judgement? At this rate they should stop calling the terrorist “a man”. What if his family decides to sue the newspapers for hurting the sentiments of a gender neutral suicide bomber?

      Sheeeesh!

      • Rufolino says

        Jun 21, 2017 at 3:22 am

        The BBC ‘s first headline for this was, “Small Explosion in Brussels Station”.

        Move on, just another bomb.

        • Mahendra Singh says

          Jun 21, 2017 at 10:34 am

          “Small explosion” implies it an explosio permissible under the law. The textbooks rather be highly at the mujahideen.

  3. Hindu American says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    I will not hold my breath to see how it takes BBC or NYT to give out the name of the “miscreant”, his address and how many kids he had.

    • Ashley says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 5:43 pm

      Well, in this case I’ll understand the delay in releasing the suspect’s name. He incinerated himself. Positively identifying the bastard may damn well be impossible.

      BTW…that is some photo!

  4. Suicidechickenwing says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    They’re never going to put the genie back in the bottle. A new dark age is dawning in Europe.

    • Hindu American says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      I sense a civil war brewing! Good versus evil.

      • Michael says

        Jun 20, 2017 at 11:12 pm

        Yes civil war in the UK may have already started after a man ran down Muims leaving a mosque in a revenge attack .Bound to happen usually it is the inocent who suffer the most.

      • Paul says

        Jun 20, 2017 at 11:19 pm

        Unfortunately, evil has a new ally. Stupidity.

    • Alien Republican says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 6:12 pm

      The new dark age has started in the West at the moment where political affiliation has started to count more than reasoning. The quarrel between the left and right is nothing but a “religious” war of a generation and baby-boomer degenerates who have dumped the last vestiges of enlightenment.

  5. John A. Marre says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:35 pm

    I’m no longer surprised. The warning was given and in return the messenger was banned.
    There is a small chance that Europe will admit to itself that it is wrong, and do what is needed to protect itself, but I doubt that they will.

  6. terry says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:35 pm

    On MSN (Hotmail) news- there was someone else ( who was at the station) who said that a man was arrested.

    Considering, some time back-

    1. there was a mass demonstration (I THINK BEFORE THE CARTOON MASSACRES, DEFINITELY BEFORE THE NICE ATTACKS) in Brussels, WITH SUCH BROTHERHOOD SLOGANS AS: ” JEWS TO THE GAS CHAMBERS”.

    2. There was a restaurant in Brussels (this was after the shit that is Hamas killed the teenagers, and Israel retaliated, ‘ DOGS AND PALESTINIANS WELCOME, JEWS KEEP OUT” in Brussels restaurant(s).

    True brotherhood.

    THERE ARE STARS OF DAVID IN THE US MILITARY CEMETERY IN THAT SHIT ASS COUNTRY KNOWN AS BELGIUM.

    I WONDER HOW MANY CRESCENTS?

    The Jews who died to save Belgium died in vain, for a useless people. And their descendants.

    I know, not only NOT PC CORRECT, BUT NOT JW CORRECT.

    • Laine says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 6:54 pm

      Sorry, but the descendants of those in graves with Stars of David have been voting in a large majority for leftist governments that conceived the multicult and Muslim importation project to destroy white Christian founded countries. And this despite 1400 years of antisemitism riding in on leftist policy. In other words, present day diaspora Jews are betraying those who sacrificed to stop German SOCIALISM = Nazism.

  7. Georg says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    every. damned. day.

  8. Ashley says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    ‘Efforts were made to save him, but he is dead,’ said one of the sources, who added that ‘the situation is now under control.’
    ______________________

    These situations are NEVER under control!

  9. notmoron says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    What Islamic countries did the Belgium invaded.

    The leftists talking point.

    • WPM says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 6:47 pm

      Is that the home of the EU ,a good thank you the Islamic Terrorist give to that lot!

    • carlos danger says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 8:39 pm

      NATO HQ is in Bruxelles.

  10. Ciudadano says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    “Do European authorities think there is going to be an end to this? ”

    Actually, I think many european authorities (leftards) would love that this continue. This is the perfect excuse to implement authoritarian policies in order to impose more government control on people thoughts and actions. Soldiers in the streets, free speech restrictions, massive surveillance on private communications, etc.

    • Bill says

      Jun 21, 2017 at 4:07 pm

      Thank you. That is the reason that elitist governments have embraced and supported the Islamic invasion. It isn’t about Islam at all and the elites know exactly what they are doing. It is about government controlling people. Islam is the tool of choice at the moment. It is working.

  11. abad says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    Deport, deport, deport.

    Moslems simply have no place in Europe. Period.

    • Bob says

      Jun 21, 2017 at 5:43 pm

      Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to impress this truth on our PC-bound politicos, who seem quite prepared to drown in an islamic tsunami!

  12. common sense says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 8:26 pm

    Speak up Belgium, be pro-active, change your people in government, prepare yourself, demand due process, hammer your media to tell the truth even if they won’t. Do not tolerate the intolerance of Islam and make it be known loud and clear to you leaders, media, Muslims and the people.
    The USA, Poland, Hungary and Romania have done this in some shape or form. It’s all we have. Follow.

  13. AmyB says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    Too bad it happened, but since it did, it had the best possible outcome- the jihadi is dead and there were no casualties.

    • David M says

      Jun 21, 2017 at 5:16 am

      Ha yes! It was a terrorist attack against himself only! Excellent.

      https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiCl6H1zM7UAhXDwrwKHTDZBFoQyCkIKjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYKUOB8MN4Kc&usg=AFQjCNFudOO_zGP7BP5OS7km-DMtqcH85Q&sig2=0a9YiU1o0z2ZofVuDTSw5w

      • Terry says

        Jun 21, 2017 at 6:10 pm

        There was an article or post-not sure if JW or elsewhere- where (I think it was Iraq) a terrorist was showing other terrorists how to detonate a suicide vest- and blew himself and a number of those attending up- no real people involved-just Muslim terrorists.

        And then there was a would be suicide bomber (I think form Gaza) who was killed-before he could detonate his suicide vest- and at his funeral-one of the “mourners’ touched it–well, they love death. And convenient, — at the cemetery
        .

  14. unbeleiver1 says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 9:25 pm

    Pity the(deluded) fools who rubbed their hands in glee when they learned of the attack on Muslims last Sunday.They would like to see more of such attacks in order to claim moral relativism, but nothing can compare to Islamic terrorism for its frequency.They can’t even cite abortion clinic bombings in recent times.What a bunch of deniers of the truth!

    • Michael says

      Jun 20, 2017 at 11:18 pm

      The media is painting anti Muslim groups as an equal threat but you are correct unless these anti Muslim attacks grow to the thousands it is a drop in the ocean compared to Islamic terrorism.If this phenomenon of attacking Muslims escalates a civil war is almost certain.

  15. Martel says

    Jun 20, 2017 at 11:35 pm

    Compassion – Wisdom = Naivety.

  16. A European says

    Jun 21, 2017 at 6:56 am

    There will be many more attacks like this one, and I fear that radical Islam will be used by EU-dictators to establish tyranny, a kind of European police state. Emergency decrees, curfews, censorship, abolition of civil rights … say good-bye to democracy, bid farewell to liberty. Multiculturalism, immigration from Muslim countries and islamisation tear western societies apart. And what choice do we have? Either you stop islamisation and immigration from african and Muslim countries and commence repatriating all those fraudulent asylum seekers or you must set up a kind of surveillance state, otherwise you cannot rule a multi-cultural country and pacify a society which is riven by multi-ethnic conflicts, immigrant criminality and islamic terrorism.

    • Johan Elzinga says

      Jun 21, 2017 at 1:58 pm

      Another European says here: Do not worry. The ghost has left the bottle, and more and more support exists for voices like Ebru Umar, who now writes plainly in every Metro issue (free newspaper on the Metro) that enough is enough, and the Netherlands cannot accept more refugees. In addition, the Netherlands has no rule against the offense of a religion. You can burn a bible here, or a Koran. Islamisation will come to a grinding halt here as soon as another attack takes place here. I expect a few attacks in France, UK, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands soon, and we are close to a situation where even the slightest display of islam will not be tolerated anymore. And there should be no tolerance of islam, because it is a religion of terror.

    • Bill says

      Jun 21, 2017 at 4:10 pm

      As soon as more Europeans begin to see this as clearly as you do, then things might change. It may already be too late because the machinery of tyranny is rapidly being installed and operating.

  17. Lon Spector says

    Jun 21, 2017 at 11:12 am

    There was a song many years ago called “April In Paris.” Will there be a new song called
    “Ramadan In Paris,” with scenes of bombs going off?

  18. Johan Elzinga says

    Jun 21, 2017 at 1:54 pm

    At least police are well instructed these days in France, Belgium and the UK. They shoot them as soon as they can, and they shoot to kill. Good job.

  19. DIll says

    Jul 2, 2017 at 1:37 am

    Anyone who does not believe or understand what is happening to Europe go to Brussels. I just spent 3 months in Prague (no immigration) and went to Brussels (tons of Muslim immigrants) for two weeks mid trip. Brussels has become such a dump. There are parts of town that look like some shitty streets in iran. It’s clear when you go there for yourself.

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