Posted on 10/03/2019 8:08:02 AM PDT by VanShuyten
A man wielding a knife stabbed and killed four officers at the police headquarters in the heart of central Paris on Thursday, before being shot dead. ... Sources told AFP the attacker was shot dead by police in the courtyard of the building, where he was employed.
The man worked in an administrative capacity but it was not immediately clear what his precise work role was. .... There was no immediate indication of the possible motives of the attacker. ....
(Excerpt) Read more at afp.com ...
He shot three men and one woman. Perhaps some sort of romantic tangle?
No indication of motive... which means his name contains a lot of throaty sounds and the motive is clearly spelled out in a book written in the dark ages.
They must really be stupid in Paris...
They must really be stupid in Paris...
How does this happen? Did they all just stand there as he stabbed them individually?
“How does this happen? Did they all just stand there as he stabbed them individually?”
I have asked myself this every time this sort of attack happens. Do they have some mandate to stand there and take it? Use some harsh language in some twisted socialistic view to disarm the knife wielding perp? Was the attacker some sort of ninja? Its mind boggling.
Exactly! I try to imagine the cops here in Alabama standing around while this is going on - it is inconceivable.
yeah...stupid at it’s finest
Uh, stabbed. No more pointy objects allowed in France.
According to the report there was widespread crying.
LOL.
Actually, it’s pretty sad. Paris is a beautiful city and the powerful are destroying it.
Allahu Akbar?
Stabbing is seriously deadly and quick. I knew an old feller, probably had some unsavory history, had served time I think, and he told me he would much rather be shot, than stabbed, if he had to make a choice.
There are many instances of mass stabbing/slashing that have almost unbelievable body counts. In China there have been several that have had 25+ victims. I think crowds, semi confined spaces and a determined/frantic attacker can simply do a horrific amount of damage to a lot of people very quickly. No guns does not mean low body count. There are plenty of tools available to get the job done. Look at Africa and machetes. It would be informative to see stars on machete wounding and deaths. The #s would likely be stunning and eliminate the argument that only guns are capable of killing / wounding large amounts of people.
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