Posted on 01/11/2015 5:53:04 AM PST by jonatron
Michael B recounts in detail how he managed to secretly contact police and how victim Yohan Cohen tried to shoot terrorist.
It was revealed Sunday morning that 64-year-old Francois-Michel Saada, one of the victims killed in the shop, arrived at the exact moment the terrorist – Amedy Coulibaly – ordered the shutters be rolled down. Saada assumed the market was being closed earlier than expected and asked to come in just to buy challah for Shabbat. Coulibaly instructed that he be let in, and immediately shot him.
One hostage was held together with his three-year-old son. In an in-depth account to a local newspaper, the man, who agreed to be identified only as Michael B, recounted the nightmare and the heroic attempt by Yohan Cohen – who was held as a hostage beside him – to seize one of the terrorist's weapons and shoot him, only to discover the weapon had the safety on.
"I was on my way to pay for the groceries I was carrying, when suddenly I heard an extremely loud noise," he said. "For a moment, I thought it was a firecracker. But when I looked, I saw a dark-skinned man with two Kalashnikov rifles, and I understood what was happening. I grabbed my child by the collar and fled to the back of the store.
"'I am Amedy Coulibaly, a Muslim from Mali. I belong to the Islamic State,' he told us. Then he told us to put our phones on the floor. He paced back and forth in the store, armed and justifying his acts the whole time – talked about Palestine, French prisoners, his brothers in Syria, and similar things."
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What? No mention of insulting the profit Mohammed as a reason? I'm stuned!
Good to know. Just in case.
Ah, I see from that photo that you should also “read the manual before use.” Darn, that’s gonna take time.
What? No mention of Trayvon Martin, the gentle giant, or The fat ciggy felon?
This is one for a 22 LR AK version, but the theory is the same. The stoke on the pullback is much longer in a real one.
Oh I read that it “jammed”...I didnt realize that the whole incident would have been averted if only this brave young fellow had firearm experience....
Interesting...most of the world thinks the weapon jammed.....oh well
No, no, no, my fine friend. You are an activist, a militant or a lone wolf but you do not practice or represent a peaceful religion.
Mustn't say such things. Might get you banned from France.
Yeh I’m familiar. :-)
I was only commenting on the picture shown. I think that I heard or read also about some kind of “jamming.”
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