‘Allahu Akbar’ Yelling Man Arrested After Strangling Woman on French Street
Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Nice, southern France, on Friday after witnesses saw him strangling a woman in the street.
The attack allegedly happened in downtown Nice along the Rue Trachel at around 3am on Friday, with witnesses claiming that a man had been strangling a woman on the street while yelling “Allahu Akbar!”
Police arrived at the scene and found an injured 40-year-old woman who showed signs that she had been strangled, Actu17 reports.
The victim told police that she knew the man who had assaulted her and officers located the 31-year-old suspect a short time later.
A source close to the investigation said that the suspect would only speak in Arabic and had no identity documentation or weapons on him at the time of the arrest. The victim was taken to a hospital while the police say they are looking at local CCTV footage and are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
The case comes just weeks after another man, a 26-year-old illegal migrant from Tunisia, entered the Nice Basilica while yelling in Arabic and later threatened a Roman Catholic church official and spat on the ground before he was arrested by police.
Friday marked the first anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place at the Basilica that saw three people murdered by a Tunisian migrant who had come into Europe illegally, first from Tunisia to Italy and then to France, where he carried out his attack.
In July, the Basilica saw another incident in which a 27-year-old on a terrorism watchlist had also made threats after trying to steal a donation box. “I’m going to come back, and I’m going to kill you all,” the man allegedly said.
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France: Police and Firefighters Attacked at School Named After Teacher Murdered by Jihadist
A mob attacked police and firefighters lured to a school in Béziers, France, named after murdered teacher Samuel Paty.
The incident took place on the evening of October 26th after police and firefighters were lured to the area to respond to reports of a burning construction vehicle on the site of the new school, which is currently being built.
According to a report from Midi Libre, the firefighters, who were the first to arrive on the scene of the vehicle fire, were attacked by around 20 hooded individuals who were laying in wait for them. Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) officers then arrived on the scene and were likewise attacked by the mob.
Commissioner of Béziers Eric Hermenier commented on the attack, saying “it forces us to be even more vigilant for the coming days and especially during the Halloween festivities. For the moment we have no leads, but an investigation is opened under the authority of the prosecutor’s office.”
Two years ago on Halloween night in Béziers, mobs set fires at two schools, including the Tamaris primary school, which was completely destroyed.
Robert Ménard the mayor of Béziers told the newspaper that the attack was “unacceptable” and added: “They once again touch a symbol of the Republic. They still haven’t understood that by attacking a school, they are attacking their brother or sister. I cannot accept such a situation.”
The school is named after teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded in the streets of the suburbs of Paris in October 2020 by a Chechen teen refugee after Paty had shown cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed to his class during a lesson on free speech.
In November 2020, the municipal council of Béziers voted unanimously in favour of naming a new school in the Devèze district, set to be completed in 2022, after the slain teacher.
“Its new name will be one of the strongest symbols, a sign of a desire to reconquer a district that is gradually ghettoised and largely plagued by trafficking and delinquency,” said Mayor Ménard at the time.
Cases of French police and firefighters being lured to areas and then being attacked are becoming increasingly common in some parts of France.
Last year, in Versailles, emergency services personnel were lured by a burning garbage bin before being ambushed and attacked by youths. The incident occurred during several nights of urban violence in multiple parts of the country despite strict coronavirus lockdowns being in effect.
The problem of growing urban violence has led some to suggest that France could be heading towards civil war.
In May of this year, retired and active duty French military personnel wrote two separate letters warning the government that the country was not only bordering on civil conflict, but that the military may have to intervene even if not requested to do so by politicians.
“No one can want such a terrible situation, our superiors no more than we do, but yes, again, the civil war is brewing in France, and you know it perfectly well,” said the second letter, which was condemned by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
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