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An attack has occurred this morning when an individual carrying 2 backpacks and possibly weapons approached the Louvre in Paris and was engaged by a soldier who fired 5 shots. The assailant was wounded, as was a soldier during the attack. One report claims that the attacker shouted Islamic slogans during the attack.
1111GMT: A second possible assailant has been arrested. The French Govt have confirmed it is a terrorist attack.
1117GMT: It is confirmed that the first assailant attacked a soldier with a machete before being engaged and wounded.
1215GMT: Latest TV statements. The first assailant attacked a security officer and/or soldier with a machete causing wounds to his arm and face, while shouting "Allahu Akbar". A second soldier then engaged the assailant with rifle fire resulting in the assailant being seriously wounded in the stomach. The first assailant was carrying 2 backpacks but no explosives have been found in them. A search of the area is continuing. A second assailant has been arrested within the last hour a short distance away from the scene of the attack.
The Louvre Museum and the area around it is in lock-down, and the public and local workers are been evacuated from the area. The French Govt are releasing only statements that they can verify and are refusing to speculate any further during media questioning.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Bot on Friday February 03 2017, @03:20PM
When the guy open fires on a mosque in Quebec he is the official representative of nationalistic right.
Therefore, when the guy swings machete in France he is the official representative of islam.
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(Score: 3, Troll) by DeathMonkey on Friday February 03 2017, @04:36PM
When the guy open fires on a mosque in Quebec he is the official representative of nationalistic right.
Therefore, when the guy swings machete in France he is the official representative of islam.
According to the Whitehouse, when a white nationalist Trump supporter opens fire on a Mosque that's also an official representative of Islam.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 03 2017, @08:19PM
When the guy open fires on a mosque in Quebec he is the official representative of nationalistic right.
Therefore, when the guy swings machete in France he is the official representative of islam.
Wow, you are good at playing the victim.
The two aren't even remotely equal.
The main difference here is that the nationalistic right has been portraying guys like this as official representatives of Islam for centuries. Its called islamaphobia today, but it used to be called orientalism. Stereotyping others as a threat is the defining principle of nationalism. It isn't just muzzies either - its jews, its japanese, its chinese, its indians (dots and feathers) and of course all the africans your klancestors kidnapped and brought here. Its basically everybody who isn't white.
The same can not be said of Islam, not even close. Whatever xenophobic strains exist within Islam, they do not define what it means to be muslim.