French-Tunisian is arrested after trying to drive a car loaded with weapons

[GennGreymane]

French-Tunisian is arrested after trying to drive a car loaded with liquid gas, assault rifle and knives into shoppers in an attempted terrorist attack in Antwerp

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...car-crowd.html

A French -Tunisian has been arrested after trying to drive a car loaded with liquid gas, assault rifles and knives into a crowd of shoppers in Antwerp in an attempted terror attack.

Belgian police, who confirmed the bomb squad had been sent to the area, said the car was being driven at high speed and that pedestrians had to jump out of the way to avoid being injured.

Authorities found knives, a shotgun and a gas can with an unknown liquid in the car prompting officers who usually deal with extremist attacks to take over the case.

It comes just hours after three people were killed in London by a terrorist who mowed down pedestrians and cyclists outside the House of Commons before stabbing a policeman to death.

Belgian police arrested a man named as Mohamed R, 39, on Thursday after he tried to drive into a crowd at high-speed in a shopping area in the port city of Antwerp at around 11am.

The suspect, who has not been confirmed as a Muslim but is named after the religion's prophet and is said to be of North African descent, was wearing camouflage when he was arrested.

Belgian security forces found a rifle as well as bladed weapons in the car driven by the Frenchman who tried to ram a crowd in the main pedestrianised street in the port city, described by the French President Francois Hollande as an 'attempted terrorist attack'.
The federal prosecutor's office also said bomb disposal units were sent to the scene to examine the vehicle.

'Different arms were found in the boot - bladed weapons, a riot gun (rifle) and a container of liquid that is still unidentified,' the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.

'The suspect is Mohamed R, born on May 8, 1977, of French nationality and a resident of France,' the statement said.
The driver sped off after Belgian soldiers, who have been deployed around the country to assist the counter-terrorism fight, tried to stop the car.
'A short while later, a rapid intervention force from Antwerp police was able to stop the car,' the statement said.

It was not immediately clear if the car contained any explosives.
The car was driven down the Meir street in Antwerp - the city's busiest pedestrianised streets.
Shoppers had to dive out of the way of the speeding car to avoid serious injury.

Belgian soldiers then forced the driver to stop, but he fled by running a red light as he made his way towards the Scheldt river.
Less than a mile later, he was stopped by police officers and arrested.

The gas liquid was found in a canister, and as a result the case was handed over to the federal prosecutor's office, which usually deals with terrorism cases in Belgium.

Different arms were found in the boot - bladed weapons, a riot gun (rifle) and a container of liquid that is still unidentified
Belgian federal prosecutor's office

The office said: 'Because of these elements, and the events in London yesterday, the case is being taken on by the federal prosecutor's office.'
Prime Minister Charles Michel said 'we remain vigilant. Our security services have done excellent work.'
The events happened a day after the nation held remembrance services for the Brussels airport and subway attacks, which killed 32 people on March 22, 2016.

He added the driver was later arrested and additional police and military personnel had been deployed to the centre of Antwerp, but did not give any further details.
The suspect was said to be travelling in a car registered in France and that it was a red Citroën.
He tried and failed to knock people down in the busy shopping area and fled the scene towards the city's port where he was arrested, according to Le Soir.

The man, who is said to be of North African origin, was detained on St Michielskaai in Antwerp which is less than a mile away from the Meir, according to VTM.

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How many more people have to die before Europe starts doing something ?

[JohnBrown1917]

How many more people have to die before Europe starts doing something ?

Leave it up to trumpers to put stopping a terror attack in a negative light.
Good thing most of you guys are in the US

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Do what, find terrorists and stop them before they manage to kill anyone?

If they dont kill anybody, how are they supposed to use it to go on biggoted ranks?

[Spectral]

I'm sure someone will quickly arrive to inform us that the suspect was born in France, so he's as French as Louis XIV and that only an Islamophobe would think otherwise. And besides, this means there's nothing we can really do it anyway!

[Puupi]

Good job Daily Mail. The weapon is described as an assault rifle, shotgun, riot gun and a rifle in the same fucking article.

[JohnBrown1917]

I'm sure someone will quickly arrive to inform us that the suspect was born in France, so he's as French as Louis XIV and that only an Islamophobe would think otherwise. And besides, this means there's nothing we can really do it anyway!

Did you miss it was stopped way before they could do something?

[TwoNineMarine]

Good job on the officers and military there for working quickly.

Combating this style of warfare is not easy. They are going to have their hands full.

[Independent voter]

I'm glad he failed.

[Deleted]

Leave it up to trumpers to put stopping a terror attack in a negative light.

I'm not portraying this in a negative light, it's great that they managed to stop that lunatic before anybody got hurt.

But it seems that these terroristic attacks have kind of become the norm now? Every couple of weeks you hear about it on the news (or here on mmoc, lol).

Why is it that people like that guy (born in France, raised in France) harbors so much hatred against his home? Is it not a sign that whatever integration or immigration policy has been used is a complete failure? A failure that literally kills people. Why is it that someone living his whole life in France is not French, not a part of the French identity or culture or whatever?

Don't you think that these are serious questions that have to be answered?

[JohnBrown1917]

I'm not portraying this in a negative light, it's great that they managed to stop that lunatic before anybody got hurt.

But it seems that these terroristic attacks have kind of become the norm now? Every couple of weeks you hear about it on the news (or here on mmoc, lol).

Most terror attacks actually end up being prevented, you just rarely hear about it. especially not in international news.
Its not the new norm at all, only far right American and British news outlets seem to want to spin it that way.

[PC2]

I wont be surprised if this starts happening multiple times a day. Leftists celebrate the non-Western roots of citizens while validating Europe as a civilization that deserves to be brought down.

[Cerilis]

Good to see prevention working.

Now, if certain people only were that outraged about, for example, gun violence in their own country...

[Deleted]

How many more people have to die before Europe starts doing something ?

what do you mean? We are already at full work. Just yesterday I changed my profile picture on facebook to the union jack. We should be save now.

[PC2]

Good to see prevention working.

Even if you master prevention you would still end up with disproportionate amounts of Muslims in jail. The solution is assimilation into European culture.

[Deleted]

Most terror attacks actually end up being prevented, you just rarely hear about it. especially not in international news.
Its not the new norm at all, only far right American and British news outlets seem to want to spin it that way.

Last week British security ervices announced that they had stopped 13 terror attacks in the UK since 2007 (i think it was 2007)
They report it, just not that often.

[Allybeboba]

Leave it up to trumpers to put stopping a terror attack in a negative light.
Good thing most of you guys are in the US

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If they dont kill anybody, how are they supposed to use it to go on biggoted ranks?

Is that the new name people have to insult people now? Wow!! How immature can one be?
If anyone is bigoted it is you.

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Last week British security ervices announced that they had stopped 13 terror attacks in the UK since 2007 (i think it was 2007)
They report it, just not that often.

It was probably more than that. The government want us to feel safe and secure.
Example: airport security really is all an illusion. They rarely catch a damn thing.

[Spectral]

Did you miss it was stopped way before they could do something?

This really has no relevance to my comment. Incompetence isn't a moral defense.

[Deleted]

There is crazy people everywhere today. We are 7 billion on earth.

[Deleted]

How many more people have to die before Europe starts doing something ?

Probably about 1% of the deaths it will take to get the US to do something about their gun violence.

Also, we would be thankful if you stopped destabilizing middle eastern countries so we have to help their citizens.

Regards,
Europe

[Acidbaron]

How many more people have to die before Europe starts doing something ?

How many more times do americans need to be told that these people are grown up here and not immigrants or knowing that already plenty of things are being done, hence the arrests, i mean is it that hard for your kind to open an actual news source and read it?

Sure i mean we could take a lesson from the americans and round every muslim up and put them in camps, like you did with the asians right?