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U.K. Deadly Knife Attacker (Usman Khan) Was a Convicted Terrorist
Wall Street Journal ^ | November 29, 2019 | Jon Sindreu and Sarah McFarlane

Posted on 11/30/2019 4:32:27 AM PST by karpov

LONDON—A terrorist killed two people in a stabbing attack in the heart of London before being shot dead by police, U.K. officials said, prompting authorities to lock down a busy area on the edge of the financial district and bringing back memories of a 2017 rampage nearby.

In a separate incident Friday evening, three people were wounded in a stabbing on a busy shopping street in the center of The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch police said the motive wasn’t immediately clear and that the suspect got away.

Authorities in London called the attack there terrorism but offered no further details on the assailant’s motive. Police identified the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan. He had been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and served time in prison for the part he played in the plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange in 2010.

Police received the first alarm call at 1:58 p.m. local time. Witnesses described a man with a knife appearing to burst out of Fishmongers’ Hall, a historic building on the north side of London Bridge used for events that was hosting a prisoner rehabilitation conference. He was being pushed away from the building by three or four other men, one of them brandishing a fire extinguisher, 48-year-old Gary Lawrence said.

According to a video taken by another witness, several bystanders rushed over to tackle the man, pinning him to the ground. Another man appeared to disarm the suspect, pulling a long knife from the melee, according to the video footage.

A police officer ran to the scene and appeared to order the pedestrians away from the man on the ground. By 2:03 p.m., it was over. Police said the assailant, who was believed to be wearing a hoax explosive device, was shot and died

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: brexit; brexitparty; jihad; jonsindreu; knownwolf; london; nigelfarage; sarahmcfarlane; terrorism; unitedkingdom; usmankhan; waronterror
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To: RummyChick

My son’s teacher’s brother WAS shot after shooting a terrorist. The soldier thought he was the terrorist and let fly.


41 posted on 11/30/2019 11:38:54 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5
"My son’s teacher’s brother WAS shot after shooting a terrorist."

When and where?

42 posted on 11/30/2019 11:43:43 AM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Gush Etzion Junction, a few years ago.


43 posted on 11/30/2019 11:52:47 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Thank you


44 posted on 11/30/2019 12:00:28 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: karpov
if you are a convicted TERRORIST, you should also be an EXECUTED convicted terrorist...
45 posted on 11/30/2019 1:17:53 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Khan means ruler. Most Muslims in India, Pakistan are named Khan just to remind the Hindus who rules whome.


46 posted on 11/30/2019 1:53:12 PM PST by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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To: karpov

You invite terrorists into your country and then surprised you get terrorism.

Stupid is as stupid does.


47 posted on 11/30/2019 1:55:02 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ronnie raygun

Don’t forget that was after they took away their guns.


48 posted on 11/30/2019 3:52:06 PM PST by Hustoon71
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To: karpov

Mmmm...

What could be the motive, I wonder??


49 posted on 11/30/2019 7:31:09 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: captain_dave

In this Age of “Plea-Dealing”, the death penalty is a good place to start.


50 posted on 11/30/2019 11:30:47 PM PST by Does so (.Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election...)
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To: karpov

The fault of the UK government for bringing in so many m*zzies and letting them get away with whatever they want to do, in return for votes.


51 posted on 12/01/2019 3:14:29 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Gush Etzion massacre (1948)

On May 12, the commander of Kfar Etzion requested from the Central Command in Jerusalem permission to evacuate the kibbutz, but was told to stay. Later in the day, the Arabs captured the Russian Orthodox monastery, which the Haganah used as a perimeter fortress for the Kfar Etzion area, killing twenty-four of its thirty-two defenders. On May 13, a massive attack began, involving parts of two Arab Legion infantry companies, light artillery[17] and local irregular support, attacking from four directions. The kibbutz fell within a day; and the Arab forces massacred the entire population of Kfar Etzion, soldiers and civilians alike. The total number of dead during the final assault, including those killed in the massacre and those who committed suicide, was estimated to be between 75 and 250. Only three men and one woman survived.[18] The following day, the day Israel declared its independence, the three other kibbutzim surrendered. The Arab Legion took 320 persons as prisoners of war and held them in Jordan for a year before releasing them.[19][20]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush_Etzion

 

 

Gush Etzion Junction (today)

The entrance to the Gush Etzion bloc is the Gush Etzion Junction, which is located just west of the intersection of Route 60 and Route 367. The junction is located between Efrat and Alon Shvut and very close to Migdal Oz. It is the site of the Gush Etzion visitors' center,[32] a gas station,[32] an automotive repair shop, a Rami Levy discount supermarket,[33] an electronics store, the Gush Etzion Winery (one minute towards Alon Shvut on the north side of the road),[34][35] a bakery, natural foods store, eyeglass shop, clothing store and pizza / felafel / shawarma stands. Across the street are a nursery and car dealership. The junction is a popular hitchhiking post, both south to Hebron / Be'er Sheva and north to Jerusalem, as well as west towards Bet Shemesh and the coast) which has frequently been the site of attacks by Palestinians against Israeli citizens.[36]

52 posted on 12/01/2019 3:56:54 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

No mention of the 31, who, marching to relieve Kfar Etzion, captured a shepherd boy, and after debate decided to do the humane thing and let him go on condition he didn’t tell on them. He did. They were surrounded and died standing back to back with no other weapon than stones left. Even the sheikh leading the assault that took them down admired their courage.

Moral of the story: If you’re marching to relieve an outpost, tie the damned shepherd boy to a tree and gag him. Threaten to come back and slit his throat if he makes a sound.


53 posted on 12/01/2019 6:11:38 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: bert
It's Khan, not Kahn. Let's not mix terrorists and comediennes, shall we? 😊
54 posted on 12/01/2019 7:56:00 PM PST by Disambiguator ("Progressives" want government in action. Conservatives want government inaction.)
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To: karpov

There will be more. Your muzzy mayor is making sure of that.


55 posted on 12/02/2019 7:23:31 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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