The Daily Mail reports that a man armed with a WWII-era Sten submachine gun drove through a Muslim neighborhood shooting at people. The article further relates:
The gunman seemed intent on ‘causing as many casualties as possible’, according to Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh, who described the rampage as ‘racist [and] probably Islamophobic’.
Gunshots were reported at several locations including a playground as the attacker attempted to ‘cause carnage’, Mr Rabeh added.
A man of African origin aged 26 was killed while a 12-year-old girl was seriously wounded after being shot eight times. Two men, aged 29 and 49, have been taken to hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries.
Mayor of La Verriere, Nicolas Dainville, said the suspect was of a ‘European type’ while France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutors have taken up the case as a suspected terrorist incident.
They are investigating whether the acts targeted the ‘real or supposed race, ethnicity, nationality or religion’ of the victims.
During his arrest, Kevin T ‘made no secret... [that] he was there to kill people he considered to be of foreign origin,’ according to local MP Laurent Mazaury.
That's interesting that an old WWII relic has surfaced and put back into use. I wonder what other treasures are sitting in closets around Europe. It makes sense that the inhabitants of the region would have had access to lots of leftover goodies through battlefield pickups. Having been occupied by hostile forces, I can see why they might have been reluctant to turn them in afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI read an article a long time ago on firearms and black markets which referenced estimates of tens of millions of firearms left over from WWII that went underground. The Soviets were fighting partisans in Europe into the 1950s.
DeleteThe moslems will have modern weapons.
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