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Germany: Van crashes into crowd, 3 dead, over 30 injured, cops say it’s a terror attack

Apr 7, 2018 11:01 am By Robert Spencer

This vehicular attack is unusual in that police are actually acknowledging that it’s a terror attack.

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….

“Germany van crash: Vehicle crashes into crowd in Munster leaving three dead and more than 30 injured,” by Lucy Clarke-Billings, Mirror, April 7, 2018:

A van has crashed into a crowd in Germany leaving three dead and more than 30 injured, according to reports.

Authorities are treating the incident in Munster as a terror attack.

Spiegel Online reports on dead and numerous injured.

The Rheinische Post said there have been at least three fatalities.

The attack happened in Kiepenkerl, Munster, according to reports….

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  1. Peter says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 11:02 am

    I heard, the pianoplayer for “imagine” is on his way………..

    • mummymovie says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:07 am

      Ouch!

      • Andy says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 4:32 pm

        Man beheaded in Germany – April 2018

    • Benedict says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:36 am

      Imagine that these people are on their way. Well, you don’t have to imagine:

      https://youtu.be/ItLmRi__SWs

  2. mummymovie says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 11:07 am

    Perhaps we are getting closer to an admission of having been totally wrong about everything from Mama Merkel.

    • David M says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:33 am

      According to her own statements she is “totally wrong.” She publically stated multiculturalism had been a total failure in Germany, then about four years later brought into Germany one million Muslims in one year.

      • andra says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 1:05 pm

        When saying that multiculturalism was a faliure she meant that she had to get rid of the Germans so that the “Newcomers” can live their culture without any distress.

        • Older Canadian says

          Apr 7, 2018 at 2:35 pm

          Andra: Good one.

          It sure looks that way, sadly.

        • Jackie Rozell says

          Apr 7, 2018 at 3:11 pm

          Andra, that is one of the most witty, truthful comments I have viewed in ages.

        • Stacy Girl says

          Apr 7, 2018 at 6:11 pm

          The US with its military bases in Germany is over a 1/3 of their economy. At what point is it in our interest to stay. I say let’s boost the Polish, Czech, and Austrian economies.

      • PMP says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 1:25 pm

        And has stated that approximately 1,000,000 more will be admitted this year. And the beat goes on….and the beat goes on.

    • mgoldberg says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:39 am

      No… she will say that we shouldn’t label all immigrants as terrorists since that would be hateful and islamophobic.

      • mummymovie says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 5:05 pm

        Well, on an optimistic note, there may be some mild indications that the tide may be starting to turn, with the new statements and declarations by the governments of France and England as well lately with regard to cracking down on preachers and perpetrators of jihad violence, a term which is also increasingly being used by the “authorities”.

        Let’s hope they are not just posturing, and that they are serious, now finally starting to feel the teeth of islam sinking into their feckless asses.

  3. Hector Stull says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 11:09 am

    Break out the candles, teddy bears and “hashtags”. #MunsterStrong, #Diversity IsOurStrength, #FightIslamophobia…Repeat

    • Julius Legatus says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:13 am

      Don’t forget the raw onions!

    • Ashley says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:17 am

      +1

      You beat me to it…

      • Mak says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 4:17 pm

        But he didn’t beat the real crazies who are genuinely going to worry about Islamophibia and not the victims.

    • Infidel says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:23 am

      + 1 Zillion. And expect these vermin to play the victim again!! and cry on the shoulder of their Left Lib cronies.

    • David M says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 12:34 pm

      Good prediction, I just read this on USA today:” Muenster Mayor Markus Lewe said the reason for the crash is still unclear.

      A spokeswoman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “our thoughts are with the victims and their families.”

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 2:32 pm

      Grimly true, Hector.

  4. jihad3tracker says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 11:17 am

    Maybe this vehicular jihad will be the tipping point for Germans — NO MORE DENIAL about the intent of Muslims there to destroy its civil life ???

    • Joe Creho says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:26 am

      I think not, jihad3tracker. In Germany there is still good mileage for candles and teddy bears, and PLENTY of the blind and deaf, ready and willing to roll out their excuses and denials once again while accusing those with sight and hearing of being haters and Nazis.

    • Marco says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:31 am

      I think many Germans have been clued in for a while but they are held hostage by Merkle and the gang.

    • Terry Gain says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 1:59 pm

      Obviously it won’t be. 9/11 should have been a tipping point for America. Instead it elected a fake Christian named Hussein as POTUS less than 7 years later. People won’t wake up until there is a civil war.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 3:09 pm

        Just speak out and vote in some better leaders. The idea that there is nothing between cowed silence and blood in the streets is absurd.

      • Tony Holland says

        Apr 8, 2018 at 12:20 pm

        Unfortunately civil war would be an impossibility if you mean a ‘street war’ between our Christian West and the subhumans because as we all know there is no Western government,apart from maybe the ‘East European’ block that would back their own people,they would not even remain ‘neutral’ in any uprising but would without doubt side with the despotic cultists for fear of being ‘labelled’ which might affect their financial futures by possibly losing their seats or being denied the normal ‘slide across’ into highly paid positions in civvy street when their dubious political careers finish.The ONLY way to change the situation and bring support from our governments for a popular uprising is to install a party of sympathetic like minded politicians through the ballot box,it IS happening in Austria,Italy,Germany,Holland,France,patriotic parties are gaining ground and beginning to break through the ‘leftwing barrier’ of governments and media,—so the answer is, no more votes for the Con/Lab conspiritors or you will just perpetuate the status quo.

  5. Phil Copson says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 11:32 am

    The “Mirror” report says that the van crashed into a building and that the driver is dead, but no further details are given.
    Seems unlikely that the van was going sufficiently fast for the impact to have killed him; could we hope that some public-spirited locals…..?

    • Ashley says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 11:41 am

      I just read a report that the suspect took off on foot and later shot and killed himself.

      This has NOT been confirmed.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 3:20 pm

      Yes–the report I heard said the driver killed himself.

  6. Mccode says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 11:41 am

    What’s in a name?

    I nhuman
    S inister
    L ying
    A ppaling
    M onstrous

    • Terry Gain says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 2:07 pm

      I rrational
      S upremacist
      L udicrous
      A ntagonistic
      M isogynist

      • Michael Copeland says

        Apr 8, 2018 at 1:24 pm

        I mpose
        S haria
        L aw on
        A ll
        M mankind

  7. utis says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 12:04 pm

    I’m still in shock that the authorities were so honest so quickly. Still, I wonder if the target was some Jewish building, since this is the end of Passover. The authorities couldn’t mince words if all the victims are Jewish.

    It’s a sad commentary when unexpected honesty makes you suspicious.

    • andra says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 1:15 pm

      Today is the first sunny day all over Germany for about the last year comined with the end of the Easter break. Germans love sitting in beer-gardens as soon as it is dry. It was the perfect day to crash into people.

      • elee says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 1:22 pm

        Well said utis and andra.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 3:21 pm

      The report I heard said the target was a cafe, with people sitting outside taking advantage of the spring sunshine.

  8. Lebel says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    This looks like a disgusting terror attack but the media said the driver killed himself which is not a usual MO for the bad guys.

    What jihadwatchers took away from the post above: “Yay for ISIS!”

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 3:24 pm

      The idea that the Anti-Jihadists at Jihad Watch are cheering on ISIS is *just sickening*–but coming from the appalling Lebel, this does not surprise.

      • Lebel says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 4:02 pm

        I think you didn’t understand the joke (which is scary in itself).

        I am saying that you will interpret my post as a celebration of ISIS rather than a condemnation. You do that all the time so it should be slightly familiar to you. Here’s an example:

        Lebel: “Terrorism is disgusting”
        Gravenimage: “The appalling Lebel would have us believe that refusing to bend to the will of jihadis is terrorism. How revealing…”

  9. shaun moth says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    Van driver must have been White for it to be announced as a “terror attack”, if they were one of the muslim horde it would merely be an “incident”.

  10. andra says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 1:10 pm

    The German “Focus” has just announced that it was not terror but a mentally confused German.

    And before that the biggest fear in the news was that the AfD could misuse this incident for their islamophobe agenda.

  11. HugoHackenbush says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    Watching CNN in gym this am. They noted the following: “Van attack leaves 3 dead, 30 injured”, “Assailant unknown”, “Motive unknown”.

    Clearly, we need “common sense” van control.

  12. HugoHackenbush says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 1:44 pm

    From the front page of the WSJ website just now: “Van Rams Crowd in Germany, Killing at Least 2 People”. Note the language “Van Rams Crowd…” Not “Van is Rammed into crowd”. Again, I call for common sense van control to stop all these spontaneous van killings.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 3:32 pm

      +1

  13. Yogi says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    “Deutche Welle“ attacker was mentally ill gernan !!!”police said to the public : don’t spread the rumours “ , this is beyond sick sadly all Germans are mentally ill and driving a truck to the crowd with the explosive bombs , unbelievable..

  14. Yogi says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 2:04 pm

    In on to the crowd

  15. gravenimage says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Germany: Van crashes into crowd, 3 dead, over 30 injured, cops say it’s a terror attack
    ……………………..

    I just heard about this on the radio. The killer drove into a cafe–innocent people out enjoying the spring weather.

    KCBS said they didn’t know if it was terrorism…

  16. Lory Gustafson says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 2:27 pm

    I have a subscription to Die Welt which I read in German. Always equally interesting to read the comments from the German readers. Now over two years later (think Fall 2015) , a good portion of Germans don’t believe the media anymore when it comes to the repeated “he was mentally ill” explanations given after vehicular jihad, or knife attacks,or,or,or.

  17. Rolf Wittwer says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 2:32 pm

    Latest news are now saying that it was a “passport-german”…
    Speculations are allowed…

    • Mak says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 4:21 pm

      What is a “passport German?” Is that like a “New Swede?”

  18. Jackie Rozell says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Jihad Watch should dig up the video a friend of mine sent me yesterday. A woman took a walk in the Commons park Easter Sunday and was appalled at the Muslims on their rugs praying there. There is a law that no religious gatherings of any kind, such as prayers, are allowed to take place in the parks. She approached a policeman to ask why he was allowing it. He walked off from her over to a fellow policeman who stumbled all over his words to tell her they were, basically, they were excluded from the law. The Muslims began to gather all around shouting in her face, trying to put their hands all over her phone that was recording the incident, saying THEY were allowed, they were special, they could do whatever they wanted. The policeman said they were told to allow the Muslims to pray; she asked who, specifically, told them to allow it. He couldn’t answer. She asked was it the Queen, who was in charge, was it Parlament? The woman was magnificent in standing up to the large crowd of Muslims who said they could pray anywhere and any time they wanted. She kept telling them to back off, she was talking to the police and they were not police. She told the policeman he was not upholding the law. He told her THE LAWS WERE DISCRETIONARY! She asked, “Since when?” Jihad Watch should really find that video. Post it internationally, because that is what is happening all over the Western world, even in America.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 3:36 pm

      Jackie, this story *was* covered here at Jihad Watch:

      “Video from UK: Police refuse to enforce law forbidding public prayer in parks when Muslims break it”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/04/video-from-uk-police-refuse-to-enforce-law-forbidding-public-prayer-in-parks-when-muslims-break-it

    • Brian hoff says

      Apr 7, 2018 at 6:34 pm

      That woman was a bigot. Muslim in El Paso pray in public paark all tiime as do christian. It agaiinst the law. The police think it than law.

      • Earthling says

        Apr 7, 2018 at 9:44 pm

        You are the bigot, and literally a moron.

  19. Mike says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    All Jihadists are lunatics which the religion has sent insane but now it seems to be the in thing to do for those with phycological problems.A shame for those with these problems that have never committed a violent act.Seems ok to deride the mentally ill but not the religion that causes the mental Illness .

  20. DHazard says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    “busy them with themselves..”

    Terrorists know all about white guilt. They know Americans are tired of war. They know we become socially divided over trivial disputes and insignificant or imaginary differences. When a Westerner opposes Islam he also, as a matter of course, opposes most leftists and their self appointed spokesmen in the media and politics. These internal divisions in the West play entirely into the game Islamists are playing with the free World. And now, the most important element keeping them from achieving their goals is being dismantled, namely, Free Speech. Unfortunately for European countries there is no foundational document protecting the right to say what you know or just what you believe. The U.S. constitution has no clause protecting Muslims or Islam from criticism. But now leftists want the First Amendment to take into account the personal feelings of Muslims. They are just too stupid to understand that free speech is a right granted to everyone for even the most offensive speech. Islamists are well aware of this uniquely Western battle and exploit it is as much as they can.

  21. Brian hoff says

    Apr 7, 2018 at 6:39 pm

    The police arenot saying it was than Islam terror attack.

  22. ronyvo says

    Apr 8, 2018 at 7:38 am

    “terrorist attack”.
    Really? Is the German police waking up or it is just a brief awakening and go back to snooze?
    This is hilarious? But, say they wake up, THEN WHAT?

  23. Brother Charles says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 8:09 am

    WHO IS TELLING LIES AND WHO ARE TELLING THE TRUTH ,
    https://jihadwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12857896c3097382b25b80a09&id=c0f26b60b7&e=9c30bb0570

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