He’s mentally ill, you see. French authorities have no other way to understand him, as they refuse to admit that there is any such thing as jihad.
An update on this story. “Knife Attack Wounds Three in Paris, Police Rules Out Terrorism,” Reuters, February 3, 2024:
PARIS (Reuters) -A knife attack early on Saturday in the Gare de Lyon rail station in Paris left three people wounded, police said, ruling out terrorism at this stage.
Police arrested the suspected attacker, who showed signs of mental disorders, Paris police chief Laurent Nunes told reporters. “We found medicine on him which suggests he was undergoing treatment.”…
The attacker, who carried Italian residence permits and was in France legally, attacked travellers with a knife and hammer. French media said he was originally from Mali, but Nunes did not confirm the reports.
France has suffered a series of Islamist militant attacks over the past decade, but also occasional assaults by mentally ill people.
Or both at the same time, in one and the same act.
bdteboe says
Are the French police, judges and politicians retarded people? Somebody needs clue these folks in on Islam.
somehistory says
That, then, is the secret: carry medicine and get out of jail free. Would plain aspirin work?
Ah, denial is not just that river in Egypt; it’s also keeping the would-be seeker of the fake mozlum paradise from gaining entry.
Furthermore, it’s keeping the populace afraid of being attacked, maybe killed, by the mentally ill. They can all go out and buy the “no fear” t-shirts when all of the mentally ill are taken off the streets and in treatment.
No fear of the mozlum hordes walking the streets, invading the churches, libraries, schools, grocery stores, hardware stores, bus stations, “migrant” shelters, hotels, restaurants, etc. is necessary and if it crops up, it will be roundly criticized and maybe, prosecuted.
From The Other Side of Town says
This excuse is not about severe mental illness, it is about lawyers who will do anything they can to get their clients off the hook. Believe me, true mental illness is not something anyone would want to live with. And putting a criminal in with those who are ill thusly, is like putting the fox in the henhouse.
Goofy says
Unless the medicine carried by the suspect consisted of one or more crates of Ajwa dates and a canister of camel urine we can conclusively state that this happening was completely unrelated to the religion of Islam and that it has all the hallmarks of far right terror extremism!
nicholas tesdorf says
To be fair, he is certainly mentally deranged …. he believes himself to be a Muslim.
David M says
The 2024 Olympics in Paris might be interesting if the Muslims decide to target the visitors. I certainly wouldn’t go there from what I’ve heard about it now.
James Lincoln says
So, if the French authorities believe that all of these attacks are due to “mental illness” that is vastly overrepresented in muslim migrants, wouldn’t that be reason enough to not let them into their country?