3 Dead, 12 Injured After ISIS Gunman Takes Hostages At French Supermarket

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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

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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".

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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...

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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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action jackson 911 Lorca's Novena Fri, 03/23/2018 - 15:09 Permalink

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 :))

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Endgame Napoleon Haus-Targaryen Fri, 03/23/2018 - 11:37 Permalink

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. 

 

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COSMOS Eyes Opened Fri, 03/23/2018 - 15:14 Permalink

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.

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overbet Dave Fri, 03/23/2018 - 09:57 Permalink

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. 

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HenryKissinger… overbet Fri, 03/23/2018 - 10:13 Permalink

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?

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Endgame Napoleon Whoa Dammit Fri, 03/23/2018 - 12:15 Permalink

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.

 

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7thGenMO Dave Fri, 03/23/2018 - 12:13 Permalink

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.

 

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wmbz Fri, 03/23/2018 - 06:55 Permalink

"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.

OliverAnd wmbz Fri, 03/23/2018 - 08:27 Permalink

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.

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