Update (3 pm ET): French prosecutors have confirmed that the attacker in today's hostage situation in southern France shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he was beginning his assault and also claimed to be a soldier of the Islamic State.
ISIS swiftly took responsibility for the attack shortly after the news broke.
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Update (9:45 am ET): The gunman who has taken hostages in a small commune in southwestern France is demanding the release of Salah Abdeslam, one of the men behind the deadly 2015 Paris terror attack, Fox News reports.
Local media reports that three are dead at least 12 others are injured in the incident that French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said "seems to be a terrorist act."
However, local media are reporting that police have finally raided the supermarket after the hostages had been freed and they shot and killed the attacker.
The situation began to unfold around 11 am local time on Friday when the gunman opened fired at a group of CRS police officers who were jogging near the city of Carcassonne. One of the officers was shot in the shoulder but the injury is non-life-threatening.
The gunman then took shelter inside the supermarket in Trebes and reportedly yelled "Allahu Akbar!"
Mayor Eric Ménassi told a local TV station that the gunman was alone inside the Super U supermarket in the city of Trebes and that all other hostages have been released.
A White House official said President Trump has been briefed on the incident.
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An unidentified person has taken hostages at a supermarket in southwestern France after earlier firing at police officers.
The situation is unfolding in the commune of Trebes, part of Aude Prefecture. A police operation is underway.
🔴[OPERATION POLICE]🔴
— Préfecture de l'Aude (@Prefet11) March 23, 2018
⚠️ Opération en cours secteur Super U Trèbes.
Secteur interdit ⚠️
Merci de faciliter l'accès aux forces de l'ordre.
⚠️ Intervention de police en cours à #Trèbes dans l'#Aude. La priorité est à l'intervention des forces de police et de secours. Plus d'informations à venir sur ce compte, ne diffusez pas de rumeurs ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/M2t4mLccG0
— Ministère de l'Intérieur (@Place_Beauvau) March 23, 2018
A gunman is believed to be holding several people hostage at a Super U in the commune of Trebes. The gunman reportedly entered the shop just before 11 am, according to the Daily Mail.
At least two people have been killed, according to the AFP. Meanwhile, Metro reports that 8 people have been taken hostage.
#BREAKING At least two dead in French supermarket hostage-taking: security source
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 23, 2018
The man fired at a butcher working at the Super U supermarket in the town of Trèbes, after earlier shooting at police officers who were jogging, wounding one of them, in the town of Trèbes.
The suspect reportedly shouted "Vengeance for Syria!" as he fired at police...
Eric Menassi, the mayor of Trebes, confirmed that a supermarket worker was shot dead and a CRS officer "wounded in the shoulder".
Shortly before the hostage situation began, an armed man shot and injured a police officer in the city of Carcassonne, about 15 minutes by car from Trebes. It isn't yet clear whether the two incidents are related.
Police have surrounded the supermarket...
A source told local media: "A butcher in the U-Supermarket has been shot dead. The gunman was heard shouting slogans about the war in Syria. He says he is representing Islamic State."
Police say the man, who appears to be in his 30s, was armed with grenades.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack - but police haven't confirmed any details.
The attacker's MO is reminiscent of the Hypercacher kosher supermarket attack in Paris, which unfolded two days after the Charlie Hebdo shooting. The attacker in that incident also pledged allegiance to ISIS.
As AFP reminds us, France lifted a state of emergency put in place just after the Paris attacks in October last year, but soldiers continue to patrol major tourist sites and transport hubs under an anti-terror mission.
Police have surrounded the supermarket and are preparing an operation to deal with the situation...
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Sarkozy: "You'll never tae me alive!"
These canned terrorists are pretty handy when media pressure is too intense while trying to pass an anti goyim law.
Badass.
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
Very sad. Wecan only hope the victims are "refugees welcome" types and no children are harmed nor lose their parents in this.
In reply to X by Adolph.H.
Isis must have gotten news of that worker protest.
In reply to Very sad. I can only hope… by Haus-Targaryen
I hope they are at least being held in the natural food asile. Can you imagine being held at gunpoint next to the canned Chef-Boyardee?
In reply to Isis must have gotten news… by D503
Too quick to say this isn't a native Frenchman yet?
In reply to I hope they are at least… by Cognitive Dissonance
the french bomb syria in 3...2....1
In reply to Too quick to say this isn't… by JimmyJones
yeah, didnt president Micron threaten to protect ISIS and bomb Assad if there was any chemical attack by chemical Ali (may be i am mixing this with iraq ... so many "puzzles" and so interconnected :-)
In reply to the french bomb syria in 3… by just the tip
Obama's pallet of cash sent to Iran, chickens coming home to roost, way over there.
In reply to … by Pandelis
It appears those damn Amish have aligned with ISIS...
In reply to Obama's pallet of cash sent… by IntercoursetheEU
All the past ones Israhell did. This one included as well.
In reply to It appears those damn Amish… by Keyser
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In reply to All the past ones Israhell… by pier
oh noes, France will now have to prolongue that "temporary" state of emergency and lift all those pesky "rights"
.... temporarily!
In reply to It appears those damn Amish… by Keyser
ISIS terrorists
flown in direct from Syria
courtesy of the CIA
In reply to Obama's pallet of cash sent… by IntercoursetheEU
Just trying to keep the fading ‘ISUS’ dream alive !!
In reply to ISIS terrorists… by Perimetr
The French will go on strike over this.
In reply to Too quick to say this isn't… by JimmyJones
Unlike the Middle Eastern wretches, I know that I would be grateful if I could live in France for free. Why aren't the westernized nations trying to attract western people if they want their populations to increase?
In reply to The French will go on strike… by crazytechnician
You have a lot to learn. Western bought-and-paid-for leaders don't care about increasing the population. They're responding to their demands of their NWO globalist masters by using Third World immigration to dilute and atomize the native peoples.
In reply to I know that I would be… by Whoa Dammit
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In reply to The French will go on strike… by crazytechnician
Very Good Modern Art - it says so much with so little.
In reply to I know that I would be… by Whoa Dammit
NO! NO! NO! We ALL know who's fault this is:- RUSSIA!
In reply to Too quick to say this isn't… by JimmyJones
Aloha Snakbar... If the EU doesnt start deporting these savages, then its good riddance....
In reply to Too quick to say this isn't… by JimmyJones
They are already fucked, you think they don`t know that ? :)) Of course they know, but hey... they don`t fuckin` care anymore :)) in Macaronistan :)) there is already a dog-eat-dog type of society, and not just there, the whole Western Europeistan is like that, so fuck them :)) Aloha Snackbar to your imported muzzie and sand-nigger savages, and we want to see more of this kind of shit :)) it will do a lot of good for your health :)) Stupid spineless idiots, that`s what this lemmings are :)) Soon, they will get nuked too, that`s will be the ultimate shitshow to watch :))
In reply to Aloha Snakbar... If the EU… by Lorca's Novena
Yeh them scummy workers - lets all discriminate against them whilst pretending to do them a favor!
Are you sure the Terrorist has a gun and not some plastic box cutters?
In reply to Isis must have gotten news… by D503
We will soon know if they were refugees or not when the police find their passports next to the bodies.
In reply to Very sad. I can only hope… by Haus-Targaryen
Butcher murdered because he was making pork sausage. Ban all pork sausage.
In reply to Very sad. I can only hope… by Haus-Targaryen
That would be lovely.
In reply to Very sad. I can only hope… by Haus-Targaryen
Das womb-productive Volk, having sex and reproducing für das Vaterland, must be preserved for the glory of das Vaterland, ya, but those pesky, non-womb-productive liberals are another story. Hopefully, your post is /sarc. If France is anything like the USA, not only are the womb-productive citizens and noncitizens getting paid a lot by government for reproducing, but they are also failing to raise children who know the fundamentals of morality, like do not murder. The USA now has 5% percent of the global population and 25% of its prisoners, a 300% increase in school shootings and lots of horrific mass murders by terrorists. The non-womb-productive citizens did not raise ANY of those killers, not unless they were among the $9-per-hour babysitters raising many of these kids while their mothers dominate the workforce.
In reply to Very sad. I can only hope… by Haus-Targaryen
..... meanwhile in other french news...
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180322/french-motorist-gets-jail-time-for-giv…
😅😅😅😅 🖕
In reply to X by Adolph.H.
The crime punishes "words, gestures, or threats, writings or images of any nature... as to attack [the victim's] dignity or respect afforded to the role they have taken on."
WOW I take it there is NO CONCEPT of freedom of speech in France. If they say they are a democracy its total BULLSHIT.
Minor offences are punishable by a fine of up to €7,500 while more serious offences can result in a spell behind bars. But there is no offence in France for "insulting a machine".
But prosecutors claim it was the public service officials in Rennes who had to watch the images of his gestures who were insulted, according to a report in French newspaper Le Progrès. They have demanded he be sentence to between two to four months in prison.
In reply to ..... meanwhile in other… by Eyes Opened
Religion of Peace. Enough of these muzzie idiot actions and the French will turn on their imported "friends".
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
French fight back??? Not at all...the cowardly frogs are too much into "tolerance", "diversity"' and "white guilt" to save their own brainwashed pansy asses
In reply to Religion of Peace. Enough of… by Captain Chlamydia
We don't exactly fight back against illegals here either. Instead we hire them to mow our lawns & repair our houses.
In reply to No...the French cowards are… by Stu Elsample
And why do you think that is? Perhaps because our own people won't do the work. I'll hire illegals from south of the border because they actually work for a living.
In reply to We don't exactly fight back… by Whoa Dammit
I had a few Meixcan housekeepers. My shirts kept going missing. Another Mexican worker doing landscaping was caught by my wife trying to come in the back sliding door when he thought she was in the front yard. He left his leaf blower running and on the ground. Great value.
In reply to And why do you think that is… by Dave
I had a few Meixcan housekeepers. My shirts kept going missing. Another Mexican worker doing landscaping was caught by my wife trying to come in the back sliding door when he thought she was in the front yard. He left his leaf blower running and on the ground. Great value.
their plan is to make money, what did you expect? cultivated gents with local values?
In reply to I had a few Meixcan… by overbet
US employers hire big groups of illegal aliens to do construction and factory work, firing the whole batch when the SS Administration’s automated system catches up with the fake SS numbers about 5 months into it, whereupon they fire all the illegals, hiring another batch of illegal aliens
Womb-productive, non-working illegal alien moms flood the Department of Human Services, where they are required to submit 8 paycheck stubs from a single-earning dad, proving earned income that falls [below] the earned-income limit for the welfare programs.
These are not mostly hand-written notes from informal contract work, but formal paycheck stubs from larger employers.
They also have to present evidence of sex and reproduction in the form of Social Security cards for multiple, US-born kids so that the US governent can reward illegal aliens for having sex, reproducing and undercutting underemployed citizens by working low-wage, part-time jobs that keep them below the very low earned-income limits for welfare.
Naive and hardworking in all cases, illegal aliens are well aware of the way “the system” works—the rules for welfare eligibility—in most cases, much more so than most Americans.
They often navigate (or game) the system with ease, even while not knowing the language, suggesting that they calculatingly let each other know how the system works before applying for welfare.
Many illegal aliens qualify for the maximum in unearned income from the US government due to maximum womb productivity, just like many single-earner moms, albeit more citizens in single-earner households limit the number of kids they have, reducing the welfare potpourri a bit.
The average monthly allotment for free EBT food is $450, but many of them have 4 kids, thereby fetching $576 per month in EBT. Their EBT checks (alone) are higher than the weekly pay of most DHS workers.
The illegal alien parents are not automatic citizens, just the kids born on US soil, so the adults do not qualify for free food, cash assistance and free rent (in some states), for themselves. Liberals often use that technicality to say they get no welfare, when illegal aliens get a ton of welfare due to womb productivity after illegal border crossings.
The illegal alien parents, themselves, do qualify for 100% free healthcare via a separate federal fund, set up by Congress to make sure that hospitals did not go broke due to so much uncompensated care for illegal aliens.
The adult illegal aliens are the ones spending the welfare money on whatever they want in the case of the monthly cash assistance and the refundable child tax credits.
In some states, illegal alien parents get monthly cash assistance in close to the same amount as the EBT, in addition to a refundable EITC child tax credit that is $6,341 for maximum womb productivity. In other states, they just get the tax-welfare cash assistance.
In reply to We don't exactly fight back… by Whoa Dammit
Fuck off and start calling them what they are - a mercenary wing of 5 eyes
In reply to Religion of Peace. Enough of… by Captain Chlamydia
First they explain the need for illegals as necessary for the work "we" are too good for, then tell us to surrender to their needs because of our new found guilt as white oppressors.
There is NOTHING that the progressives do that is without cause or agenda.
In reply to Fuck off and start calling… by detached.amusement
There is nothing "progressive" about hiring people that are willing to actually work. I do not feel any guilt about being white and paying someone for their labor. "Free shit" doesn't happen in my employ.
In reply to First they explain the need… by Oldwood
If you pay a livable wage, there are plenty of US citizens that will do the work. Are you yourself willing to do the work you are asking others to do for the wage you want to pay? If the answer is no, then you seek to exploit people.
In reply to There is nothing … by Dave
Enjoy another 2 years in a "state of emergency" Frenchies... State of emergency is doublespeak for "you've lost all your rights" and should come in handy when trying to curb the labour reform protesters. Sad to see another European country go down the shitter. I used to enjoy going to France and eating baguettes and hairy french pussy.
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
I almost down-ticked you for hairy French pussy (I prefer trimmed - had a bad experience once with unshaved German armpits, and developed a phobia), but everything else earned you a positive.
In reply to Enjoy another 2 years in a … by FakeNewsBandit
Sell halal and you wont be bothered
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
American Ally ISIS wants France to do something for the ZeoCons...
This is getting too predictable
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
Thought those French gun laws were supposed to prevent this!!! Ban the guns!! (oops, they already did ... hmmmmm)
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
More than 2 dead, including gunman.
In reply to Sarkozy: "You'll never tae… by Shemp 4 Victory
ISIS didn't get the memo about the strike?
"firing at police officers"
Firing? With what? I thought the frogs had done away with the evil gun, damn things have a mind of their own.
ISIS... that group of radical Islamists that are fighting with Turkish forces in Afrim committing genocide against Kurds. Totally acceptable in Europe as on Monday they will give Turkey 3 billion euros. They will even sell them weapons to aid them in attacking 2 full members; Greece and Cyprus. The Europeans will bow to the Sultan the same way Trump did yesterday when it was announced that there was insufficient proof to prosecute Erdogan's bodyguards after the fiasco in Washington DC.
In reply to "firing at police officers"… by wmbz
Pagination