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Two Dead as Gunman Storms Catholic Monk Retirement Home in France
Breitbart ^
| 24 Nov 16
| Breitbart London
Posted on 11/24/2016 3:25:50 PM PST by LSUfan
Edited on 11/24/2016 5:06:13 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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Two people are believed to be dead and around 70 were held hostage at a retirement home for Catholic Monks in Montpellier in the South of France.
According to local news sources, armed police scrambled to the Maison de Retraite des Missions Africaines on Thursday night.
An individual, who was masked and armed with a knife and a sawn-off shotgun came into the retirement home where 70 monks live, a source told Agence France Presse.
UPDATE 18:43 EST Local reports suggest that at least 59 of the monks have now been freed with police storming the building. The attacker is believed to still be at large.
Excerpt from Breitbart
[Original body of post] BREAKING: France: Gunman enters retirement home for monks near Montpellier armed with knife & sawed-off shotgun, 1 man & 1 woman killed, gunman at large Update 1: France: Gunman believed to be holed up inside Maison de Petraite monks retirement home in Montferrier-sur-Lez, not clear if hostages taken
Update 2: France: police have rescued 16 monks so far, woman was killed by knife & contacted police before dying, warden of home found bound & gagged
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: france; islam; jihad; muslims; terrorism; terrorthreat
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:25:50 PM PST
by
LSUfan
To: LSUfan
retirement home for monks That sounds like a soft target to me.
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:27:46 PM PST
by
Tai_Chung
To: Tai_Chung
If they were Shaolin monks, maybe the baddies would have thought twice.
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:29:24 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: LSUfan
Le Pen can’t be elected soon enough.
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:31:28 PM PST
by
SolidWood
To: LSUfan
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:32:07 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Trump's Iowa Class Battleships have come within striking distance of Hillary shores and opened fire.)
To: LSUfan
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:32:23 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: wally_bert
Info from European media says it’s a retirement home of the Society for the African Missions, the “White Fathers.”
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:33:24 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
To: wally_bert
The art of fighting without fighting...
8
posted on
11/24/2016 3:33:40 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: LSUfan
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:34:51 PM PST
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
To: LSUfan
We can only hope the world will rise up against islam
To: LSUfan
...nothing on France24...
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:38:32 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: LSUfan
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:40:02 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: panzerkamphwageneinz
This SHOULD infuriate the world against jihadiots.
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:45:16 PM PST
by
rdl6989
To: LSUfan
Retired monks?!?!
What brave warriors.
To: LSUfan
These Moslem Terrorists never attack someone their own size.
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:50:15 PM PST
by
donna
(The media is supposed to tell us what happened, not speculate on the future.)
To: LSUfan
See, see - Trump’s cabinet selections have infuriated them!
To: Doogle
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:52:18 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: LSUfan
France 24 doesn’t have much information, but says the motive is unclear.
We all know what that really means.
In addition, there’s a story about the Venezuelan government stealing medicine from a charity and there looks to be a showdown with the opposition in about a week, eight Egyptian soldiers killed by IED in the Sinai, and scores of Shiite pilgrims killed in ISIS explosions?
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:52:38 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: LSUfan
Surely has nothing to do with the religion of pieces. 😡👹
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:56:16 PM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: LSUfan
The world didn’t get it when a subhuman murdered a priest in France. The pope didn’t condemn the violent ideology that leads to this.
You kick the jihadis out!
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posted on
11/24/2016 3:58:54 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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