The attacker could turn out to be a “right-wing extremist,” but it should be borne in mind that last June, the Islamic State published a poster depicting an SUV driving over a heap of skulls and bearing the legend “Run Over Them Without Mercy.”
And the Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
Or, given his odd “I’m a terrorist” shout, he could be a non-Muslim who sees who France’s new masters are, is impressed, and wants to get in on the action.
“Villeurbanne. A motorist rushes at the crowd during a music festival,” translated from “Villeurbanne. Un automobiliste fonce sur la foule lors d’un festival de musique,” Ouest France, March 31, 2018 (thanks to David):
The 34-year-old man was probably under the influence of alcohol when he stormed the audience of the electronic music festival. There were no casualties in the crowd, but two police officers were slightly injured during his arrest.
There was panic late Friday night on the campus of the Doua, Villeurbanne, in the suburbs of Lyon, where the electronic music festival Reperkusound was being held. Around midnight, “a man tried to rush into the crowd driving his car,” reports our colleague “The Progress.” After passing a security fence, he suddenly accelerated and rushed at the crowd, “creating a panic movement.” When the anti-crime squad stopped his run, he got out of his car shouting “I’m a terrorist.” The witnesses say that the man was very excited and probably under the influence of alcohol.
According to our colleagues from France Info, two policemen were injured at the time of the arrest: “one was hit on the cheekbone, the other has a few scratches.”
The man, 34, was not known to the police. He was placed in custody.
robert townsend says
Europe is DOOMED!!!
Andy says
Make Europe Great Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeJ-iv3MOTo
heidi says
I just got locked out out of twitter for say islam was a cult, not a religion (apparently it hurts their feelings) (smirk) because the followers are instructed to kill in the name of God, unlike true religions which have no such teachings. I plan to appeal the lock out. any suggestions?
Kim Bruce says
But Islam is not a cult…rather it is a theocracy that mostly uses violence, deceit, lies, and intimidation to spread it’s ideology.
Ashley says
The 34-year-old man was probably under the influence of alcohol when he stormed the audience of the electronic music festival.
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I think it would be apparent if this fool was intoxicated.
gravenimage says
France: Man screaming “I’m a terrorist” drives his car into crowd at music festival
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More vehicular Jihad?
mortimer says
THREE JIHADS IN ONE: 1) vehicular jihad, 2) anti-life-style jihad, 3) anti-FRANK jihad.
Vehicular jihad was recommended by Caliph of All Islam Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Anti-life-style jihad is directed against KAFIR activities that contravene discriminatory SHARIA LAW… firstly, MUSIC is sinister in Islam, having a mixed-gender event is haram and who knows if people there have indulged in intoxicants. They will all go to hell anyway, even if HYPOCRITICAL MUSLIMS are present, so attacking them is completely HALAL.
Finally, the FRANKS are the LEADERS of the CRUSADES according to the Wahhabists and so killing any of the French is considered as virtuous in a jihadist as killing Jews, but both activities would certainly be included if possible. The foregoing is roughly the mindset of the JIHADIST.
If our Western politicians and law enforcement and intelligence agencies all understood the JIHAD MINDSET, we would let no jihadists into Western countries and the ones in them would not stay there long.
Sentinel says
Pretty soon France will run out of people for Muslims to attack.
My Opinion says
Then they will eat their own, there is no peace in all moslem countries either…you know, not moslem ENOUGH. Moslems are always enraged about SOMETHING, and if there is not something, they will FABRICATE something to be enraged about.
utis says
Totally agree.
Bonnie Loranger says
I agree withyiu
Terry Gain says
The terrorist could have been a right wing extremist. And he could be a monkey’s uncle.
revereridesagain says
Do we have a name yet? Or, in the event that he’s a Frence convert to the Religion of Pieces, both names?
Christian Indeed says
Villeurbanne:
Sept 1995. Car bomb exploded outside a Jewish school.
June 2012. Three men assaulted outside a Jewish centre by North African Muslims(?).
June 2015. Yassin Sahli involved in an attack at a gas factory when a man (his boss?) was decapitated and the head inscribed with Arabic text. Sahli attended a “very radical” mosque in Villeurbanne.
Oct 2017. Pakistani man arrested, suspected of being a terrorist.
March 2018. This happens.
Nothing to worry about, stop being so damned Islamaphobic!
Eric jones says
A Muslim drinking does not surprise me. During the Iraq War Arabs from my neighborhood in Brooklyn whom I know were Muslim would come in to local bars and drink and talk to every body. i realize now that they were doing this do persuade the local public that they were no threat. A type of misdirection. That tactic ended by the 1990’s.
Eric
TheBuffster says
It is pretty odd for the guy to yell “I’m a terrorist!” Nothing about him yelling “Allahu akbar”.
I wouldn’t assume he’s a Muslim just yet.
Some people are just assh*les, after all.
utis says
I agree. Too bad it will take months for the cops to release his name (unless he voted for LePen).
David says
Maybe someone translated from Arabic!
762x51FMJ says
Dude is either jealous that muslims get to run people over and trying to prove a point, or he drank his Qur’an..
Either waybhe is bad news…
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FYI says
One for the madrassahs..
I’m a muslim teapot
dumb with doubt
tip me over..
..and a bomb falls out
AleX says
By screaming ‘I am a terrorist’, the devotee wants to prove thus:
– this is not a traffic incident
– he is not mentally ill
– he is speaking on behalf of ISIS
– his driving skills are an embarrassment to the rest of the devotees, even more so since the Saudi women can now drive free
ronyvo says
That is exactly why I keep asking writers and speakers to NOT use the word ‘terrorist’ for the Muslim criminality. They are proud to be terrorists.as Mohamad instructs his followers to ‘terrorize’ the infidels where ever they find them. Instead use the proper word CRIMINALS that is what they are.
” “I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them. It is not ye who slew them; it was God.” Surah 8:13-17.”