mackem 26,780 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 We are becoming inured to it................ Man who 'deliberately' ploughed BMW into French soldiers arrested Police hunting a driver who rammed his BMW into a group of French soldiers in western Paris, before speeding off, have shot and arrested the man responsible. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe confirmed the arrest of the 37-year-old man, who was stopped after a chase on a motorway north of Paris. "A suspect who was driving the car involved in the attack has been arrested on the highway between Paris and Boulogne-sur-Mer," said Mr Philippe. One policeman was wounded by a stray bullet during the arrest, which took place on the A16 motorway near Marquise, close to the ports of Boulogne-Sur-Mer and Calais. A Reuters witness at the scene saw ambulances surround a BMW car which had several bullet holes in it. Six of a dozen or so troops were injured in this morning's attack - three of them seriously - in the Levallois-Perret suburb of the city. The incident is being investigated by counter-terrorism officials. The attacker had been waiting in the dark-coloured car in an alleyway before he drove at speed at the troops as they left their barracks to go on patrol at around 8am local time. Nadia LeProhon heard the smash and came running out of her building to find two soldiers on the ground and other troops running after a vehicle shouting: "After him! Follow that car!" Mayor of Levallois-Perret, Patrick Balkany, condemned the attack as "an odious act of aggression", adding: "Without any doubt, it was a deliberate act." "It all happened very quickly. The vehicle did not stop. It hurtled at them... it accelerated rapidly," he told broadcaster BFMTV. Officers and soldiers secured the scene - around three miles from city centre landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower - as forensic teams combed the area for evidence and clues. Investigators were also scouring through CCTV footage from the suburb, as police stopped motorists in the region as they searched for the attacker. The Paris prosecutor's office said it was pursuing perpetrators on charges of the attempted murder of security forces in connection with a terrorist enterprise. It means authorities believe the attack was deliberate and planned with a terror-related motive. The soldiers, who were taken to a military hospital, were on duty as part of Operation Sentinelle, created to guard prominent French sites after the Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015. Sky's Europe Corrrespondent Mark Stone said: "It is a subject of intense debate in France whether Operation Sentinelle - soldiers on the streets, helping out the police force - exacerbates the situation and they themselves become targets because they are literally everywhere, not only in Paris." The attack comes four days after a teenager with a knife forced his way into the Eiffel Tower shouting "Allahu akbar" - the Arabic phrase for "God is great" - and told police he wanted to attack a soldier. In June, an Islamic extremist attacked a police officer with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral. Two months earlier, a policeman was shot dead on the Champs Elysees, while in February, a man with a machete attacked four soldiers near the Louvre Museum. French defence minister Florence Parly described the attack as "cowardly", adding that it "does nothing to dent soldiers' determination to work for the security of the French people". France has been under a state of emergency since the November 2015 attacks in the French capital which left 130 people dead. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Not even headline news now. If you invited a pack of rabid dogs into your house, would you deal with them after they had attacked your family or slot the lot first? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Arrested on a road near Boulogne and calais. Wonder where he was headed. .....? Edited August 9, 2017 by beast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Arrested on a road near Boulogne and calais . Wonder where he was headed. .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonjon79 13,358 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Not even headline news now. If you invited a pack of rabid dogs into your house, would you deal with them after they had attacked your family or slot the lot first? Makes you wonder how many we don't get to hear about now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye18 164 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 And the silly sods voted for that soft touch slimy lefty macron instead of le penn so they can expect this to go on and on and on with nothing meaningfull done about it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delswal 3,819 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Arrested on a road near Boulogne and calais . Wonder where he was headed. .... To the land of milk and honey and plenty of benefits and political correctness 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tilimangro 1,013 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 We really are becoming inured to it Not much reaction to this one Very worrying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye18 164 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 We really are becoming inured to it Not much reaction to this one Very worrying What's more worrying is the time will come when folks that are old enough to remember a time before all this crap started are gone and the only people that are left will just take situations like this as normality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyg 1,862 Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Pinched from elsewhere but saves me writing out! Pretty relevant I'd say........ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,780 Posted August 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just been a car deliberately driven into a pizza place in paris 8 year old girl killed and at least 8 injured. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/girl-dead-five-injured-car-crashes-into-sept-sorts-pizzeria-near-paris-france 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyg 1,862 Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 No mention of an unstable guy in the states........ Perhaps someone just put pineapple on by mistake. I'd do the same to be fair! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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