Posted on 02/09/2015 3:07:30 AM PST by Lonely Bull
Hooded gunmen have fired on police in the French city of Marseille where the Prime Minister Manuel Valls had been due to visit.
Gunfire was heard in the Castellane area of the city on Monday morning.
Witnesses said the armed men fired Kalashnikovs into the air.
Around 40 police officers are reported to positioned on a roundabout.
Elite security forces have been sent to the scene, according to a police source.
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Thanks for your posts, first-hand observations and your service. Thread/posts BUMP!
Hey, this wouldn’t happen to be one of those no-go zones, would it?
How would you rate Haifa as a Port of Call? Fair, poor, what? I was there in 1981 and in 1984. Just curious what you thought about the place.
Hey France, How does it feel to be just like Jerusalem on a Friday night? How does it feel now to get on a bus or subway? Are those sidewalk cafes starting to seem a little naked & exposed?
A new kind of rain is falling in Paris - bullets & shrapnel.
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