Teh One Who Knocks
08-19-2016, 11:53 AM
By Tom Batchelor - The Express
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A JEWISH rabbi has been stabbed by an attacker shouting "Allah Akbar" in the city of Strasbourg, sparking fears France has fallen victim to another Islamist-inspired terror attack.
The attacker, who is understood to have been arrested, shouted the Islamic phrase meaning God is great during the attack, according to reports in French media.
The victim, who is described as belonging to the orthodox Hasidic sect, was injured in the attack.
The incident on Friday morning is the latest in a string of relgiously-motivated attacks on French soil.
Initial reports said the perpetrator was suffering from psychological problems.
The attack took place in the north of the city close to Brasserie des Vosges on a major thoroughfare.
Strasbourg, in north-east France close to the German border, is one of the seats of the European Parliament.
It is home to a large community of Jews, with around 15,000 living in or near the city, accounting for around five per cent of the population.
Around France, people are on edge, security is tight and several events have been cancelled following a string of attacks over the past two years.
The government has maintained a state of emergency put in place after 130 people were killed in Islamist attacks in Paris in November.
At the end of July, knife-wielding attackers interrupted a church service in northern France and murdered the priest in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
In that incident two ISIS extremists shouted "Allah Akbar" before slitting the victim's throat in front of terrified parishioners.
French jews were targeted in January 2015 during the siege of a Kosher supermarket in Paris in which four people were killed.
An elderly man, the son of a distinguished Rabbi, a teacher and a shop worker who was saving up for his marriage were killed in the attack at the Jewish store by jihadist Amedy Coulibaly.
It followed the murder of journalists at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
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A JEWISH rabbi has been stabbed by an attacker shouting "Allah Akbar" in the city of Strasbourg, sparking fears France has fallen victim to another Islamist-inspired terror attack.
The attacker, who is understood to have been arrested, shouted the Islamic phrase meaning God is great during the attack, according to reports in French media.
The victim, who is described as belonging to the orthodox Hasidic sect, was injured in the attack.
The incident on Friday morning is the latest in a string of relgiously-motivated attacks on French soil.
Initial reports said the perpetrator was suffering from psychological problems.
The attack took place in the north of the city close to Brasserie des Vosges on a major thoroughfare.
Strasbourg, in north-east France close to the German border, is one of the seats of the European Parliament.
It is home to a large community of Jews, with around 15,000 living in or near the city, accounting for around five per cent of the population.
Around France, people are on edge, security is tight and several events have been cancelled following a string of attacks over the past two years.
The government has maintained a state of emergency put in place after 130 people were killed in Islamist attacks in Paris in November.
At the end of July, knife-wielding attackers interrupted a church service in northern France and murdered the priest in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
In that incident two ISIS extremists shouted "Allah Akbar" before slitting the victim's throat in front of terrified parishioners.
French jews were targeted in January 2015 during the siege of a Kosher supermarket in Paris in which four people were killed.
An elderly man, the son of a distinguished Rabbi, a teacher and a shop worker who was saving up for his marriage were killed in the attack at the Jewish store by jihadist Amedy Coulibaly.
It followed the murder of journalists at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.