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Armed man bursts into French retirement home for monks with at least one woman reported dead
The Telegraph ^ | 11/24/16 | Rory Mulholland, paris Barney Henderson Harriet Alexander

Posted on 11/24/2016 3:56:51 PM PST by markomalley

A masked man carrying a knife and a sawn-off shotgun has killed a woman after bursting into a retirement home for monks in southwestern France, local officials said.

The body of a woman was found by officers. She had been stabbed several times The suspect remained at large.

"An individual, who was masked and armed with a knife and a sawn-off shotgun came into the retirement home where 70 monks live," one source said, adding that the man's motivations were unknown.

The dead woman was thought to have contacted police before she was killed with a knife.

"Nothing at this stage would indicate that this would be a terrorist act," another source said.

70 monks are thought to live in the home that is in Montferrier-sur-Lez, north of Montpellier.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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France: 20% Muslim

Attack: Against Christian religious

Terrorism: No way. (Sure, whatever)

1 posted on 11/24/2016 3:56:51 PM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

There are other violent anti-Catholics besides Moslems. The identity of the attacker is not yet known.


2 posted on 11/24/2016 3:58:08 PM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: markomalley

France: 20% Muslim
Attack: Against Christian religious

Terrorism: No way. (Sure, whatever)

Motive undetermined.

BTW, sucky linky...


3 posted on 11/24/2016 4:00:09 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: heterosupremacist

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/24/armed-man-bursts-french-retirement-home-monks/


4 posted on 11/24/2016 4:03:24 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Motive: Unknown.

Only if you’ve been living under a rock the past 20 years.


5 posted on 11/24/2016 4:06:30 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Tax-chick

Ok.

I’ll put money Muslims.


6 posted on 11/24/2016 4:06:35 PM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: Gamecock

So would I, but it’s not a sure win ... sometimes it’s others, like the Oklahoma City bombing, for which I Was There. (In the city, that is. All the relatives called and asked, “Were you blown up?” and we said, “What?”)


7 posted on 11/24/2016 4:07:56 PM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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To: heterosupremacist

20%????? That is huge & scary. Had no idea the percent was that high.


8 posted on 11/24/2016 4:31:19 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: markomalley

Nah, this looks like it was specific. A Jihadi would have gone on a rampage.


9 posted on 11/24/2016 4:37:15 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: leaning conservative; heterosupremacist

Wikipedia says the Moslem population of France, as of 2015, is 5% to 10%. I will note that’s 100% variance, but it’s still, at most, 50% of 20%.

However, Wikipedia also says that only 33% of French citizens believe there is a God or life force or higher power or some kind of spiritual something or other. Even allowing for the crap one gets from survey results and sampling, one can reasonably believe that a surprising number of those roughly 1/3 who have some kind of God-thing going on are Moslem.


10 posted on 11/24/2016 4:38:51 PM PST by Tax-chick ("You don't get to be an old drunk by doing stupid things with guns."~Harmless Teddy Bear)
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