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posted by janrinok on Friday February 03 2017, @11:10AM   Printer-friendly
From BBC Television News:

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.

takyon: French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre
Assailant Near Louvre Is Shot by French Soldier
Machete attack on soldier near Louvre was of 'terrorist nature'

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday February 03 2017, @04:46PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday February 03 2017, @04:46PM (#462470)

    I think you're attributing too sophisticated a level of thinking here.

    From some ends of the media, it's "I hate Muslims, this clown makes Muslims look bad, report it far and wide." From most other areas of the media, it's "A lot of other outlets are reporting this, we'll look like chumps if we don't, so put it out there." From all of the media, it's "Fear generates pageviews/viewers, so we should be stoking it whenever possible."

    Politicians and lobbyists absolutely exploit this fear to push through changes that allow the lobbyists to keep their clients happy and the politicians to keep their lobbyists happy, but again there's not much more planning involved than "Hey, if we do this thing, I can make a lot of money. Let's go for it!"

    No fancy conspiring needs to happen, because sheer human stupidity and self-interest is more than sufficient to have the same effects without the effort of coordinating and keeping that coordinating secret. Media outlets absolutely do conspire with politicians, but mostly to help the politician against other politicians, not to affect policy, because the media doesn't care about policy about anything other than the media.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @10:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @10:56PM (#463214)

    No, the REAL threat, as explained by Sean Spicer played by Melissa McCarthy, is Moose Lambs!!! Mooselambs! Mooselamb terrorists! Radical Moose-lamb terrorism! I am just so fucking scared. She even had the sockpuppets! http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv-shows/2017/02/05/snl-melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-orig.nbc-broadway-video [cnn.com]