Incident at Notre Dame, Paris

IvyTheTerrible

French radio is reporting that police are dealing with an incident at Notre Dame and advising people to avoid the area.

Hopefully it's just something minor.

Armchair Andy

This **** needs a megathread. AH reads like a redtop these days.

First reports say someone tried to assault a cop and was shot dead. Fingers crossed.

Richard Hillman

Strange. I was there recently and the place is full of armed military and police. You wouldnt last long if you tried something there. Don't think this is the usual.

The_Valeyard

Deleted User wrote: »

First reports say someone tried to assault a cop and was shot dead. Fingers crossed.

Which a hammer it seems. But is alive, as is the perpetrator.

Could be anything at the moment.

Last week a Muslim police officer was attacked at the arche de triomphe


The wait and see and blame game?

spurious

The_Valeyard wrote: »

The wait and see and blame game?

The four letter goons will claim responsibility either way.

AzcuzCoz

French police say they have shot a man who began attacking a police officer at the Notre Dame cathedral. There are also more unconfirmed reports that a number of people are wounded.

More to follow...

The_Kew_Tour

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ceadaoin.

Oh great.

Paris has changed a lot IMO. The last time I was there was in summer of 2015, we went in just for the day because we were at Disneyland. It didnt feel the same and honestly I just didn't feel safe. Couldn't wait to get out of there. This was before the Bataclan attacks. I can't see myself taking my daughter there again anytime soon.

gramar

Deleted User wrote: »

First reports say someone tried to assault a cop and was shot dead. Fingers crossed.

....yeah, hopefully they are dead....

silverharp

A Lutheran with a hammer apparently, damn Lutherans

ThisRegard

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

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Might have been lads unhappy with the parking arrangements around the church and nothing to do with religion.

AzcuzCoz

Now the BBC say that Paris police have established a cordon around the cathedral after the incident in which a number of shots were fired.

People reportedly seen running in huge numbers away from the cathedral area.

Hector Savage

Its probably nothing, the media is trigger happy and jumping on any story.

xabi

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

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This is the problem with modern day communications, half the world probably know something happened in Paris and instantly jump to conclusions thus spreading panic and hysteria.

AzcuzCoz

Police in the French capital warned people to stay away from the site, on the Ile de Cite island on the River Seine, via a Twitter message.

AzcuzCoz

The assailant's condition is as yet unknown, but it is believed he attacked a number of police officers on the scene with a very large hammer, possibly a sledgehammer, or an axe. Eyewitnesses reported three people lying motionless on the ground. Another woman said that she heard about 25 loud bangs.

Tourists subsequently flocked for cover.

ThisRegard

Doesn't look that big an incident on France 24. Kay Burley miking every bit of fluid out of it on Sky News along with the obligatory phone call to someone over there with her dumb questions about how that person is feeling and other nonsense.

In fact France 24 are finished with the story for now and have moved on to another but Sky are replaying bits of the stupid phone call again.

Copper_pipe

Girlfriend is over in Lourdes for the week volunteering. Dont want to text her saying about whats happening in Paris as I know she'll freak out

AzcuzCoz

The attacker was neutralised and the front of the building remains sealed off. A picture from the scene:

pickarooney

AzcuzCoz wrote: »

The assailant's condition is as yet unknown, but it is believed he attacked a number of police officers on the scene with a very large hammer, possibly a sledgehammer, or an axe. Eyewitnesses reported three people lying motionless on the ground. Another woman said that she heard about 25 loud bangs.

Tourists subsequently flocked for cover.

****ing Thor up to his ****e again.

Glenster

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Girlfriend is over in Lourdes for the week volunteering. Dont want to text her saying about whats happening in Paris as I know she'll freak out

Jaysus, Dublin's as close to Paris as Lourdes is.

The_Kew_Tour

xabi wrote: »

This is the problem with modern day communications, half the world probably know something happened in Paris and instantly jump to conclusions thus spreading panic and hysteria.

The sad thing that while some are false, most seem be true these days

FrancieBrady

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Girlfriend is over in Lourdes for the week volunteering. Dont want to text her saying about whats happening in Paris as I know she'll freak out

How far away from an 'incident' does she need to be to not 'freak'?

ThisRegard

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Girlfriend is over in Lourdes for the week volunteering. Dont want to text her saying about whats happening in Paris as I know she'll freak out

They're about 8 hours apart. That's like someone checking up on relatives in Kerry after what happened in London the weekend.

Mint Sauce

Witness on the BBC speaking to the studio. About 500 in the Cathedral. Police treating it as terrorism.

Hector Savage

ThisRegard wrote: »

They're about 8 hours apart. That's like someone checking up on relatives in Kerry after what happened in London the weekend.

This is an example of the absolute nonsense Hysteria this creates ..


edit - not your post, sorry, the other one linking Lourdes and Paris..

RustyNut

Hector Savage wrote: »

This is an example of the absolute nonsense Hysteria this creates ..

That's what they are after. That's assuming that it's not just some nutter with a hammer.

AzcuzCoz

People trying not to panic now.

Police have opened up a counter-terrorism investigation.

As for the Lourdes post, whenever a suicide bombing occurs in Baghdad, I immediately have to contact all my relatives and tell them to keep safe.

Jesus, pointless scaremongering.

gramar

AzcuzCoz wrote: »

People trying not to panic now.

Police have opened up a counter-terrorism investigation.

As for the Lourdes post, whenever a suicide bombing occurs in Baghdad, I immediately have to contact all my relatives and tell them to keep safe.

Jesus, pointless scaremongering.

Would they be your relatives in Athlone?

mad muffin

Shït. I better call my family back in Perth to let them know I'm ok

r93kaey5p2izun

I hope the policeman will be ok. The people of Paris have had to put up with so much recently.

ThisRegard wrote: »

Might have been lads unhappy with the parking arrangements around the church and nothing to do with religion.

Your post is pathetic. You are referring to my post in the Galway mosque thread, as you have already posted irrelevant nonsense in response, but you have misinterpreted it and are just so intent on arguing and posting rubbish that you can't listen to reason. So to clarify and hopefully end the bullsh1t:

I think the Galway mosque attack was motivated by mindless hatred of muslims.

I believe bad parking is common across all sectors of society.

I believe the scumbags in my area engage in vandalism and harassment of anyone for the sake of it.

I believe those same scumbags hate muslims because they hate anyone perceived as different.

I believe those same scumbags are increasingly likely to cause aggro with the local mosque because they will feel safe doing so because the bad parking issue makes the mosque unpopular locally so they will feel vindicated given the context of local bad feeling and an increase in intolerance and anger towards muslims in international media.

So your smart alec posts regarding poor parking around Catholic churches and your "point" that the reported attack happened because of bigotry rather than parking is irrelevant. And your post here only serves to derail and spoil another thread with bullsh1t misinterpretation (which at this stage seems to be a deliberate excuse for an argument).

AzcuzCoz

Yeah, they would be in Athlone!

BREAKING: Police say incident is now over, two police officers wounded, attacker shot and is critical, lying on the ground. Everyone can calm down now.

The_Kew_Tour

AzcuzCoz wrote: »

Yeah, they would be in Athlone!

BREAKING: Police say incident is now over, two police officers wounded, attacker shot and is critical, lying on the ground. Everyone can calm down now.

Just your normal day in Paris.

buck65

"That was ours , so was that and that one too, and the next one " replied Isis when given time to claim the latest attack.

Why the hell do we publicise Isis claiming attacks that they obviously had no idea about? We all know that these lunatics are inspired by these ****wits. But to claim knowledge of these attacks is untrue yet we publicise this.

NIMAN

Attacking tooled up policemen with a hammer.

This guy wasn't a terrorist, he was a fool.

callaway92

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Girlfriend is over in Lourdes for the week volunteering. Dont want to text her saying about whats happening in Paris as I know she'll freak out

Hector Savage

mad muffin wrote: »

Shït. I better call my family back in Perth to let them know I'm ok

I don't use de FACEBUKE - but I hear there is a I'M SAFE button just for these matters!!

seamus

I'm calling it right now - if they decide to declare that a guy on his own attacking police officers with a hammer is "terrorism", then we've reached peak bullsh1t.

If they do that, we can legitimately call every little scuffle in Temple Bar on a Saturday night "social terrorism" or some other similar hysterical nonsense, because the word has lost all meaning.

SEPT 23 1989

why is this sham lying on the ground in a critical condition when he could be dead

mad muffin

Hector Savage wrote: »

I don't use de FACEBUKE - but I hear there is a I'M SAFE button just for these matters!!

I know but I don't want to abuse it. I already pressed in when they blew up Manchester, and again when they stabbed London. If I press it a third time for when they hammered Notre Dame I think they might freak out :eek:

seamus

seamus wrote: »

I'm calling it right now - if they decide to declare that a guy on his own attacking police officers with a hammer is "terrorism", then we've reached peak bullsh1t.

If they do that, we can legitimately call every little scuffle in Temple Bar on a Saturday night "social terrorism" or some other similar hysterical nonsense, because the word has lost all meaning.

So only something involving gunpowder or explosives when attacking police is terrorism?

DellyBelly

PRAY FOR PARIS

Persephone kindness

Hector Savage wrote: »

I don't use de FACEBUKE - but I hear there is a I'M SAFE button just for these matters!!

Seriously everyone i know in london is doing just that..rather than message everyone individually.

AzcuzCoz

I don't know, they might be searching him for other weapons. It was just a report on CNN, I think. It was a few minutes ago, anyway.

The_Kew_Tour

seamus wrote: »

I'm calling it right now - if they decide to declare that a guy on his own attacking police officers with a hammer is "terrorism", then we've reached peak bullsh1t.

If they do that, we can legitimately call every little scuffle in Temple Bar on a Saturday night "social terrorism" or some other similar hysterical nonsense, because the word has lost all meaning.

Thankfully its just you calling it

jmayo

xabi wrote: »

This is the problem with modern day communications, half the world probably know something happened in Paris and instantly jump to conclusions thus spreading panic and hysteria.

Yeah it is the jumping to conclusions that really spreads the panic and hysteria.
Not the daily attacks by loons trying to gut and slaughter innocent men, women and children just going about their daily lives. :rolleyes:

Hector Savage wrote: »

This is an example of the absolute nonsense Hysteria this creates ..


edit - not your post, sorry, the other one linking Lourdes and Paris..

All the guy said was his girlfriend who happens to be in the same country as this attack, the same country where nearly two hundred people have been slaughtered over the last few years in terrorist attacks, and is actually at a marion shrine, a symbol of all that some people of another belief would detest, might be a wee bit worried.

But of course all the great ones who are sitting in the likes of Dublin think she and her boyfriend are the fooking problem.

AzcuzCoz

Exactly. When a Garda is assaulted in a scuffle it must be terrorism then. Whatever is the world coming to?

seamus

Deleted User wrote: »

So only something involving gunpowder or explosives when attacking police is terrorism?

No apparently it's only terrorism when you're a bit beardy and your name starts with Muhammed.

If this guy's name is Pierre, then he's just a bit sick in the head.

Persephone kindness

Witnesses say they heard explosions.

DEFTLEFTHAND

seamus wrote: »

No apparently it's only terrorism when you're a bit beardy and your name starts with Muhammed.

If this guy's name is Pierre, then he's just a bit sick in the head.

Surely it depends entirely on the attackers motives?