Posted on 02/14/2015 9:52:32 PM PST by Nachum
The civilian who was shot and killed earlier on Sunday in the terrorist attack on the Great Synagogue in central Copenhagen, Denmark, was revealed to have been a member of the Jewish community, who was guarding the synagogue at the time of the shooting.
Dan Rosenberg Asmussen, head of the local Jewish community told Danish television a few moments ago that around 80 people from the community were gathered inside the house of worship for a bat-mitzva celebration at the time of the attack.
“The Community is in shock, it is like the shootings in Paris,” Rosenberg Asmussen said, “we had contacted the police after the shooting at Café Krudttønden to have them present at the bat-mitzva, but unfortunately this happened anyway.”
Rosenberg Asmussen said he was not present at the celebration and that he was afraid to think of what would have happened had the assailant been able to force his way into the community center.
It is yet unknown if the terrorist was in fact trying to force his way into the synagogue and if the guard had stopped him.
(Excerpt) Read more at algemeiner.com ...
#jewishlivesmatter... Will we ever see Obama with that hashtag?
From the Jewish Press:
“11:30 AM The Jewish guard killed by a terrorist after midnight Saturday saved the deaths of countless Jews by his standing outside the synagogue and absorbing the lethal bullet in the head at the hands of the attacker at a Bat Mitzvah celebration.
The killer fled and did not enter the synagogue, according to Copenhagen Jewish leader Rabbi Yair Melchior.”
So now security guards have a new tactic: Get shot dead. That’ll scare off any perp. Just stand there and take a round to the head. Hope their pay scale is high enough.
I doubt it is a paid position.
Almost certainly a volunteer; probably off-duty cop who happens to be Jewish.
If so, he was screwed royally, set to guard a post without the tools to do it. I remember in Far Rockaway, the rationalization for having unarmed guards at the local yeshiva: We don’t want a shootout. It is disgusting.
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