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2017-03-23 Europe

"North African" Man Held for Driving at Crowd in Belgium, Arms Found in Car

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-23 10:31|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top
File under: Moslem Colonists

#1 I have no idea why the title disappeared, but it's fixed now.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-23 13:18|| 2017-03-23 13:18|| Front Page Top

#2 There will be more.
But first they must be on the dole long enough to buy or buy-into a car consortium, then learn how to drive it.

Posted by al aSha-med 2017-03-23 15:07|| 2017-03-23 15:07|| Front Page Top

#3 We have a name, or part of one, courtesy of the Daily Mail:

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.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-23 19:11|| 2017-03-23 19:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Not "Clive" or "Owen"?

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-23 19:12|| 2017-03-23 19:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps Clive or Owen are what his intimate friends called him, Frank G.

The Times of Israel adds:

The man was “under the influence of something” but it was not clear what substance, a source close to the investigation tells AFP.

Authorities were not certain if it was an attempted attack and the incident remained under investigation, several Belgian sources added on condition of anonymity.

The prosecutor’s office says the man was a national of France, but a French police source told AFP he was a Tunisian holding French residency papers.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-23 20:07|| 2017-03-23 20:07|| Front Page Top

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