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German investigators seek motive in deadly knife attack
France24 ^ | June 26, 2021

Posted on 06/26/2021 5:40:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Wurzburg (Germany) (AFP) - Investigators were racing Saturday to pinpoint the motive of a man who went on a knife rampage in the German city of Wuerzburg, killing three people and leaving five seriously injured.

The suspect, a 24-year-old Somali who arrived in Wuerzburg in 2015, staged the attack in the city centre on Friday evening, striking at a household goods store before advancing to a bank.

He was later overpowered by police after they shot him in the thigh, Bavaria's interior minister Joachim Herrmann said.

Investigators found records showing that the man had been treated at a psychiatric institution, and police said he was not a known Islamist.

"The police investigation will determine if this was an Islamist act or if it was due to the psychiatric state" of the man, said Herrmann.

But the case was immediately seized on by the far-right AfD, with the party's co-chair Joerg Meuthen noting that a witness had reportedly heard the suspect shouting "Allah Akbar" (God is greatest).

Meuthen lamented the latest "Islamist knife murders in the middle of Germany," adding that it was a "tragedy for the victims, who have my sympathy and another manifestation of Merkel's failed migration policy".

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europe; germany; islam; islamists; muslim; terrorism; werestupidweknowit
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1 posted on 06/26/2021 5:40:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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in other words, who or what else can we blame other than the person who carried out the attack.


2 posted on 06/26/2021 5:43:18 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Captain Obvious has clearly left Germany.


3 posted on 06/26/2021 5:46:42 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: FlipWilson

Why are any of the authorities “racing” to “pinpoint” any reason. Do they somehow feel smarter, brighter, important, or worthy for doing so? And what is the race they are talking about?


4 posted on 06/26/2021 5:46:46 AM PDT by healy61
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LOL!

I was thinking Sgt. Schultz.


5 posted on 06/26/2021 5:47:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The German people need to sort of whether the psychiatric problems are those of this individual or of a government that keeps importing murderous Islamists.


6 posted on 06/26/2021 5:50:25 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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Why are any of the authorities “racing” to “pinpoint” any reason. Do they somehow feel smarter, brighter, important, or worthy for doing so? And what is the race they are talking about?

Because they have to head off the obvious conclusion that importing hundreds of thousands of violent young men, who believe they are entitled to everything you have, and to enslave you, might not have been a good idea.

They have to protect the narrative.

7 posted on 06/26/2021 5:50:48 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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8 posted on 06/26/2021 5:54:47 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: FlipWilson
He didn't need a motive but I list some if if will help them.

Consanguineous.
Strange man in a strange land syndrome.
Average Somali IQ is 68
drug and/or alcohol use combined with the above

9 posted on 06/26/2021 6:00:03 AM PDT by Oorang (Politicians:-a feeble band of lowly reptiles who shun the light and who lurk in their own dens. )
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10 posted on 06/26/2021 6:03:11 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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“overpowered by police after they shot him in the thigh”

That’s the biggest mistake right there. Should have solved the problem permanently.

Now we will have one half of Germany convinced it was their fault and the this man must be looked after due to mental illness, brought on by the trauma of developed society - and the other half will be furious when he only goes to prison for 12 years. No winners.


11 posted on 06/26/2021 6:04:23 AM PDT by LordOddsocks
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Yet for some reason when a bear or coyote or lion kills or attacks a person, authorities just go hunt it down and kill it - without any attempt to determine a motive. Perhaps the animal had been abused when young? Perhaps the animal just wasn’t understood by the other animals?


12 posted on 06/26/2021 6:10:38 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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“German investigators seek motive in deadly knife attack”

Just another case of terminal stupidity.


13 posted on 06/26/2021 6:14:36 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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Allow savages into you country and you will see savage behavior.


14 posted on 06/26/2021 6:15:30 AM PDT by MAGA2017
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Great pic!

 face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy

15 posted on 06/26/2021 6:18:01 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Is it not obvious that it was the knife's fault?

Germany could take a lesson from England and ban knives:

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16 posted on 06/26/2021 6:18:46 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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“ “The police investigation will determine if this was an Islamist act or if it was due to the psychiatric state” of the man, said Herrmann.”

Uhh, both? Dopey krauts.


17 posted on 06/26/2021 6:20:48 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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He was suffering from mental illness after being forced to live a life of racist oppression around Nazis and White Supremacists, therefore his actions are perfectly justified.

It is the Nazis and White Supremacists who must be hunted down and neutralized - and more refugees invited to live in Germany to dilute the racists and bigots.


18 posted on 06/26/2021 6:21:10 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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"...a witness had reportedly heard the suspect shouting "Allah Akbar" (God is greatest)."

Hmmm?

Dam, I wonder what it could be...?

19 posted on 06/26/2021 6:22:17 AM PDT by skimbell
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Cops say their interview with the guy got all the jihad signals. The cops visited the homeless shelter, and found in the paper bin....material related to ISIS...dumped the previous night. Waiting on political dimwits to accept what the cops say.

One odd note, he applied for asylum in 2015/2016...failed. What exactly has he and the Bavarian gov’t (responsible) been doing doing? Once the failed letter comes....the van should be there within 3 minutes to pick him up and carry him to a holding facility till he can leave the country.


20 posted on 06/26/2021 6:24:06 AM PDT by pepsionice
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