http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43518769

Quote:Armed police have killed a suspect who shot dead three people in a series of attacks in southern France.

The heavily armed gunman hijacked a car and then took hostages at a supermarket in the town of Trèbes.

The man, named as 26-year-old Redouane Lakdim, said he was fighting on behalf of the Islamic State group.

He is believed to have killed and wounded his victims in three separate incidents which began in Carcassonne, 15 minutes' drive from Trèbes.

Later, President Emmanuel Macron said 16 people had been injured in the attack.

Among them is a gendarme who swapped places with a hostage. Mr Macron said the man, who has been hailed for his heroism, was fighting for his life in hospital.

He was shot several times, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters. One person has been arrested in connection with the shootings, he added.

The suspect is said to have been demanding the release of Salah Abdeslam, the most important surviving suspect in the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.

Mr Macron called the attack an act of "Islamist terrorism".

Two observations:

1. How did this happen in France, a country with extremely strict gun control?

and

2. It's a sad day when a French wienie like Marcon has guts enough to call it what it was, Islamic terrorism, and we went eight years with an empty suit who wouldn't.

The amount of weapons that flow into Normal Europe from their war-torn southern neighbors must keep a lot of local law enforcement up late at night.

(03-23-2018 03:13 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The amount of weapons that flow into Normal Europe from their war-torn southern neighbors must keep a lot of local law enforcement up late at night.

It shouldn't. The have gun control laws.

(03-23-2018 03:18 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 03:13 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  The amount of weapons that flow into Normal Europe from their war-torn southern neighbors must keep a lot of local law enforcement up late at night.

It shouldn't. The have gun control laws.

touche

BREAKING: The Tèbres attacker was known by French security services since 2014.

Their security services must get training from our FBI.

Hero

(03-23-2018 03:32 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  BREAKING: The Tèbres attacker was known by French security services since 2014.

Their security services must get training from our FBI.

Hero

No, it just reinforces the fact that even in a socialistic country like France the government isn't going to protect you. Unfortunately for the French they allowed the government to essentially disarm the citizenry. That's why we have to fight tooth and nail to keep the leftists from doing it to us.

(03-23-2018 03:40 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 03:32 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  BREAKING: The Tèbres attacker was known by French security services since 2014.

Their security services must get training from our FBI.

Hero

No, it just reinforces the fact that even in a socialistic country like France the government isn't going to protect you. Unfortunately for the French they allowed the government to essentially disarm the citizenry. That's why we have to fight tooth and nail to keep the leftists from doing it to us.

Indeed.