Police sketch of the suspect.
Posted on 10/18/2023 1:50:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Two people were attacked by a mentally ill man who chased them with a machete on Sunday evening.
Catalonian police managed to apprehend and arrest a Moroccan national who chased people through the streets while wielding a machete, but that wasn’t until he attacked two citizens, leaving one with an injury to their arm.
It’s believed that the man was unable to seriously harm either of the people as one of them was able to run away before being slashed, while the other person only sustained an arm injury as they looked to defend themselves.
The police have claimed that the man didn’t just attack these two people but also caused damage to several vehicles while making his way along the streets of Mataro and was also seen to be shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ which means God is great.
Two people attacked with a machete in Barcelona Despite the man shouting those words, which were also spoken by the man who stabbed a French teacher to death just a few days ago, local police have already ruled out this being a possible terrorist attack, which will be a slight relief given the tension all over Europe.
According to the police, this incident occurred at around 8 pm Sunday, October, 15 on the Mata de Mataro highway with it now being clear he was under the influence of both alcohol and drugs which has seemingly played a part in this attack.
The man who is of Moroccan nationality is also said to suffer from mental health problems, so it seems as though he certainly wasn’t in a good place when trying to chase people down with a machete for no reason.
Attacks are on the rise all over Europe
Despite the police moving quickly to lower the threat level as well as disclaiming any possible chance of it being a terrorist attack, the two men who were the ones at the centre of this incident were far less calm about the situation.
According to reports in Spain, the men who have been speaking to and assisting the police believe the machete-wielding man had every intention of killing them and as they heard him making terrorist proclamations, so perhaps the police should not have acted so hastily and said it wasn’t a terrorist offence.
The suspect is now being detained by Catalonian police and being accused of two crimes of attempted murder and the incident was looked at by the Investigation Unit of the Mataro police station.
It’s a worrying situation that someone was apparently making terrorist proclamations with everything that is going on across Europe, in particular, in France and Belgium over the last few days that has seen at least three people killed by apparent terrorists.
Cut the machete wielding attackers balls off and suff them down his Allah Akbar mouth.
Police sketch of the suspect.
RE: “mentally ill man”
Other (wise) people on this forum have said “how do the media reporters know someone on the Left was mentally ill but on the Right was a white supremacist or a right wing cult follower?
This article included a full psychiatric evaluation result within a part of the first sentence. Amazing.
Maybe allowing concealed carry permits isn’t such a bad idea after all.
Had this piece of filth approached me with a machete, he’d have been leaking serious oil and would have resembled a slice of swiss cheese.
regular, everyday Muslim terrorists use machetes, knives, handguns and automatic weapons to go with backpack bombs and missile shot into residential areas of Israel.
Everyday Muslims———NOT mentally ill.
(Okay, you may counter all Muslim terrorists are mentally ill. They think we infidels are that way, too.)
Do you complain about Muslims when they protest against school boards pushing extreme ideologies on kids? Doing jobs white people won’t do?
Why is it that crazy men don’t attack people yelling “Jesus loves you”? Why are they always yelling “‘Allahu Akbar”?
What could possibly have been the motive?
It’s a mystery!
Similar to the title of the Harlan Ellison short story and also the poetry book by Steve Richmond-——
Hitler Painted Roses.
But that isn’t good enough for his redemption.
Neither are the school board actions and the job seeking you mentioned.
I respect you too much to fight if this was meant as an opening gambit for that.
Really suprised that Spain has a high number of folks like this in the nation or any immigrants to be honest considering that for years economically it had been considered the “sick man of Europe”
These have always been common attacks in Muslim countries, always, I saw them as a child when they would be that little 2x2-inch column mention of world news.
Machete, knife, sometimes a policeman with his service revolver, they would suddenly need to kill everyone for Allah.
Why is it that crazy men don’t attack people yelling “Jesus loves you”? Why are they always yelling “‘Allahu Akbar”?
Because Jesus came that you might have life and have it abundantly.
The devil comes as a roaring lion, seeking who he may devour.
What is the BOUNTY on ALLAH ACKBAR PROMOTERS????
Very common for would be Jihadis to spend their last hours before they intend to become martyrs in an orgy of drugs and sex that are deadly sins.
All is forgiven for those that die martyrs
Another Mentally Ill Muslim (MIM) attack.
>local police have already ruled out this being a possible terrorist attack
I feel safer already.
Mentaly ill!!? yeah with Jihad.
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