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A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group stabbed a French policeman to death on Monday night before he was killed in a dramatic police operation, sources close to the investigation said.

A news agency linked to IS said the attack had been carried out by an "Islamic State fighter", days after posting a similar claim following the massacre at a gay club in Orlando, Florida.

French prosecutors have launched an anti-terror probe after the policeman and his partner were killed at their home in the Paris suburb of Magnanville.

Witnesses told investigators the man may have shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) as he stabbed the policeman repeatedly outside his home before holing up inside with the woman and the couple's three-year-old son.

Loud detonations were heard at the scene as elite RAID police moved in following failed negotiations with the attacker, who claimed allegiance to IS while talking to officers, sources close to the inquiry told AFP.

"The anti-terror department of the Paris prosecution service is taking into account at this stage the mode of operation, the target and the comments made during negotiations with the RAID," one source said.

The SITE Intelligence Group, a US-based monitor, cited the IS-linked Amaq News Agency as saying on its Telegram channels: "Islamic State fighter kills deputy chief of the police station in the city of Les Mureaux and his wife with blade weapons near #Paris."

The killing came after a gunman claiming to be acting in the name of IS shot dead 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in US history.

The bloodshed also comes as France hosts the Euro 2016 football tournament under tight security -- still reeling from jihadist attacks in Paris last November that left 130 people dead.

The attacker was yet to be identified and neither of the victims was named, but the slain policeman was known to be 42 years old and worked in nearby Les Mureaux.

His partner was a local police official.

President Francois Hollande said in a statement that he "strongly condemned this odious act".

"A police commander and his partner, a civil servant at the interior ministry, were shamefully murdered this evening," Hollande said.

"All light will be shed on the circumstances of this terrible tragedy," he added, announcing a meeting of top officials at the presidential palace early Tuesday.

Officers found the woman's body when they stormed the house, and the attacker was killed during the assault, interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said.

The couple's toddler son was "in shock but unharmed," a prosecutor added, saying the boy was receiving medical attention

Police sources had told AFP earlier in the evening that the attacker had taken the policeman's partner and son hostage after stabbing the officer to death as he returned home around 9:00 pm (1900 GMT).

Residents were quickly evacuated from the neighbourhood as police moved in and blocked off roads, an AFP journalist said.

RAID officers "arrived rapidly on the scene. Negotiations were launched and an assault plan was put in place," said Brandet.

But the negotiations were "unsuccessful" and authorities decided to launch an assault around midnight, he added.

A helicopter was on the ground a few hundred metres away from the scene of the attack, while several fire trucks and ambulances were seen leaving the security perimeter.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve expressed his "infinite sadness" at the death of the policeman and his partner, but praised the "great composure and great professionalism" of the elite officers.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20160614/french-policeman-and-partner-killed-in-is-linked-attack

 

[Vilix]

I heard about this just a while ago. Pretty messed up.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Shit, that kid will be scarred for life. I hope he or she receives the appropriate psychological treatment.

Man, it's not been a good couple of days for humanity at large.

 

[Christopher]

Rest in peace my brother ....


What the hell is going on in this world lately - it's really horrific

 

[TheJLC]

Man... Rest in peace brother.

 

[cameron]

Awful. Kid lost both his parents. It appears that the attacker was a neighbour to the family.

The Guardian: "Paris policeman and wife killed in possible Isis-linked terror attack"

A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group stabbed a French policeman to death outside his house on Monday night before being killed when police moved in, sources close to the investigation said.

The man’s spouse was also found dead when police stormed the house in the Paris suburb of Magnanville. A three-year-old boy was rescued alive. French prosecutors have launched an anti-terror probe into the attack, which was reportedly carried out by a neighbour of the family.

Witnesses told investigators the attacker may have shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) as he stabbed the policeman repeatedly outside his home before holding the woman and the boy inside. The child was described as the couple’s son by French authorities.

The police officer who died was named in the French media as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, described as an assistant chief in the nearby district of Les Mureaux. He was reported to have been wearing civilian clothes at the time.

The suspect was described as a neighbour and authorities tried to negotiate with him before storming the property at around midnight local time, according to French media reports.

Loud detonations were heard at the scene as officers from the elite Raid squad moved in.

Officers found the woman’s body when they stormed the building and the attacker was killed during the assault, said interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. The boy was “in shock but unharmed” and receiving medical attention, a prosecutor added.

“The toll is a heavy one,” Brandet told reporters at the scene. “This commander, this police officer was killed by the individual … [and] we discovered the body of a woman. The assailant, the criminal, was killed. Thankfully a little boy was saved. He was in the house. He’s safe and sound. He was saved by police officers.”

 

[kittoo]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/french-policeman-stabbed-death-paris

Paris policeman and wife killed in possible Isis-linked terror attack

A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group stabbed a French policeman to death outside his house on Monday night before being killed when police moved in, sources close to the investigation said.

The man’s spouse was also found dead when police stormed the house in the Paris suburb of Magnanville. A three-year-old boy was rescued alive. French prosecutors have launched an anti-terror probe into the attack, which was reportedly carried out by a neighbour of the family.

Witnesses told investigators the attacker may have shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) as he stabbed the policeman repeatedly outside his home before holding the woman and the boy inside. The child was described as the couple’s son by French authorities.

Was their neighbor too! Two more dead in the name of Islam, or religion in general.

 

[whitemex88]

A cop friend of mine posted this on Facebook and used it as an argument against people wanting to ban guns.

 

[SoulUnison]

I feel like this is accelerating.
Is it just me? Do I normally pay less attention to the news?

There's been so much of this sort of thing in the last, like, 72 hours.

 

[Ganhyun]

someone already posted this.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1233207

edit: Ah, misunderstood. my apologies. Either way, terrible news to hear.

 

[Ganhyun]

another user missed this thread and posted his own, but apparently the killer was their neighbor at one point (may have still been, not sure).

RIP to the victims and hopefully the boy can be given the help he needs.

 

[loaf of bread]

someone already posted this, but im sorry for your loss since you knew them really well.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1233207

OP isn't the neighbor, the attacker was

 

[Switch Back 9]

I actually said "Holy shit" out loud. It's just such a savage way to murder someone. Things are going to get crazy in the next little while...

 

[Christopher]

Awful. Kid lost both his parents. It appears that the attacker was a neighbour to the family.

The Guardian: "Paris policeman and wife killed in possible Isis-linked terror attack"

... My god. I honestly think I'll take a few days off the internet. The poor poor boy

 

[pacificrex]

ISIS attacks will only be escalating

 

[Madness]

Just sad. I feel like these morons are going to wake a terrible beast. France is on the precipice of electing far right and ultranationalist parties. They had to withdraw and consolidate candidates amongst the other parties just so Marine Le Pen could not win in elections a little while back. Killing an assistant police chief and his wife in front of their child and supposedly was their neighbor. Crazy. I am curious about what impact another Orlando or Paris or Belgium or events like these might have on the US general election in November. It is like there is no letup. One terrible terror attack after another. What is the end goal for these radical Islamic terrorists too? To galvanize the rest of the world against them? To cause a crackdown on their religion worldwide etc. They are just precipitating their own demise even quicker. Already we are seeing religious tolerance especially for Islam rapidly fade in Western countries.

 

[davepoobond]

I feel like this is accelerating.
Is it just me? Do I normally pay less attention to the news?

There's been so much of this sort of thing in the last, like, 72 hours.

they're feeling massive pressure in Syria/Iraq so they are exerting their influence outwards. Fallujah is about to fall to the Iraqi military.

 

[reckless]

RIP

ISIS is getting pretty desperate it seems as they continue to loss ground and people in Syria/Iraq.

 

[kittoo]

To be clear, to me it seems more like a lone-wolf kind of attack. He might have allegiance to ISIS but I don't think it was plot by ISIS or anything. He just thought he would do his duty for his religion/ISIS.

 

[Bedlam]

A cop friend of mine posted this on Facebook and used it as an argument against people wanting to ban guns.

The guy had a knife and managed to kill two people. Guy with high calibre gun killed 50 people. Go figure. If anything, this terrible incident is an argument for the anti-gun movement.

 

[KonradLaw]

I feel like this is accelerating.
Is it just me? Do I normally pay less attention to the news?

There's been so much of this sort of thing in the last, like, 72 hours.

Yes. The situation in middle east is getting worse and the population of muslims are growing in Europe in USA. Add to this the rising tensions between them and the rest of citizens in western countries and the growing radicalization of muslim youth and those kinds of tragedies will only become more common as times goes by.

Which makes me happy that current polish goverment is fiercely againt taking any muslim migrants and we're too poor for any of them to want to move here anyway. It's a bit egoistical on my part, but it's hard to deny it.

 

[Switch Back 9]

To be clear, to me it seems more like a lone-wolf kind of attack. He might have allegiance to ISIS but I don't think it was plot by ISIS or anything. He just thought he would do his duty for his religion/ISIS.

To me, it seems like the majority of these attacks lately have been like that. Other than Paris, obviously.

Yes. The situation in middle east is getting worse and the population of muslims are growing in Europe in USA. Add to this the rising tensions between them and the rest of citizens in western countries and the growing radicalization of muslim youth and those kinds of tragedies will only become more common as times goes by.

Which makes me happy that current polish goverment is fiercely againt taking any muslim migrants and we're too poor for any of them to want to move here anyway. It's a bit egoistical on my part, but it's hard to deny it.

You're going to cop a lot of shit for this.

I won't comment because I don't live in Europe and can't understand the situation there.

 

[Vilix]

Do French police not carry a side arm when off duty?

 

[Subpar Scrub]

Do French police not carry a side arm when off duty?

Many nations police don't. Seems French police may be allowed to during a state of emergency, but not otherwise.

 

[gamma]

Just read on the local news that the killer was convicted in 2013 for planning terror acts and got 3 years.

Will try to get a source.

Edit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/french-policeman-stabbed-death-paris

The French attacker was identified by Le Monde and RMC radio as Larossi Abballa, 25, who was known to police for radicalism and already had a terrorism conviction.

He had been sentenced to three years in prison, six months suspended, in 2013 for “criminal association in view to preparing terrorist attacks” over his role in a recruitment network of jihadists linked to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

 

[Volimar]

What's the application process to be considered a member of ISIL? I feel like some of these people are expressing support for ISIL but probably never had any actual contact with them.

 

[Hip Hop]

Just read on the local news that the killer was convicted in 2013 for planning terror acts and got 3 years.

Will try to get a source.

wow, another fuck up if so, along with the FBI. There's gotta be tougher laws and checks on these type of people, those that have planned or are on watchlists.

 

[Milly Osworth]

Stop it already you morons. There is no God, no Allah, no heaven with virgins. Just you and innocent people, dead, for NOTHING.

Im so sick of this.

 

[reckless]

Just read on the local news that the killer was convicted in 2013 for planning terror acts and got 3 years.

Will try to get a source.

Edit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/french-policeman-stabbed-death-paris

What a fucking joke...

 

[BrassDragon]

Reposez en paix, collègue.

The possibility of 'small-scale' attacks like these is a headache for counter-terrorism operations. We've hardened a lot of targets so the cowards go for low-hanging fruit... there are dark days ahead.

Rationally I know we're supposed to apprehend these jokers and, by interrogation, observation and investigation, milk them for intelligence to get at their support network and inspirations.

But emotionally I'm glad RAID didn't let the fucker walk out of that house.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

What's the application process to be considered a member of ISIL? I feel like some of these people are expressing support for ISIL but probably never had any actual contact with them.

If you support them in any way, you're a member IMO. Now a small child is traumatised and parentless because of fuckwits and their storybook. Seriously getting very damn sick of this.

 

[Joni]

I feel like this is accelerating.
Is it just me? Do I normally pay less attention to the news?

There's been so much of this sort of thing in the last, like, 72 hours.

They have called for more attacks during the Ramadan.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

Which makes me happy that current polish goverment is fiercely againt taking any muslim migrants and we're too poor for any of them to want to move here anyway.

You'll probably get a bunch of hate for this, but who can blame you anymore.

 

[michaelius]

What's the application process to be considered a member of ISIL? I feel like some of these people are expressing support for ISIL but probably never had any actual contact with them.

That's why make them so scary - they appeal to nutjobs all around the world and there's no link to track until it's too late.

 

[O Canada Our Home and Native Land]

they're feeling massive pressure in Syria/Iraq so they are exerting their influence outwards. Fallujah is about to fall to the Iraqi military.

They lost Sirte in Libya.

 

[KonradLaw]

You'll probably get a bunch of hate for this, but who can blame you anymore.

A year ago I would. But today? Nah. Whole Europe is turning into that direction. And even on american-dominated GAF people are much tolerant of this sort of stance, because they see that numbers flowing to Europe are starting to overwhelm even the most welcoming and tolerant countries. At some point one has to put ideals aside and just face the reality.
When one looks at Austria's numbers that show a third of all asylum applicants have already been arrested it's pretty hard to fault any country for not wanting to see this inside their own borders.

 

[Milly Osworth]

Can't we start an anti jihad campaign to try to snap people out of this whole holy war thing?

When people realise they are just being used by some crazy death cult and that there will be no virgins waiting for them and that there is no imaginary person highfiving them for causing misery, wont that turn at least a few around?

 

[reckless]

Can't we start an anti jihad campaign to try to snap people out of this whole holy war thing?

When people realise they are just being used by some crazy death cult and that there will be no virgins waiting for them and that there is no imaginary person highfiving them for causing misery, wont that turn at least a few around?

A lot easier said than done.

 

[Oriel]

I won't comment because I don't live in Europe and can't understand the situation there.

I do and the situation is out of control. Adding more Muslim migrants to the mix is like pouring petrol onto a fire. Sorry GAF if that offends but that's increasingly the majority view held in Europe.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

When one looks at Austria's numbers that show a third of all asylum applicants have already been arrested it's pretty hard to fault any country for not wanting to see this inside their own borders.

Oh damn, source? I'm just interested in that.

 

[orochi91]

Can't we start an anti jihad campaign to try to snap people out of this whole holy war thing?

Islamic terrorism has skyrocketed since the beginning of the War on Terror.

That's the crux of the whole sales pitch coming from these terrorist groups: "The West is invading", "Islam vs. world", "Crusaders 2.0 vs. Islam" and etc. They've successfully painted this as a Holy war under which Islam/Muslim countries are under siege, specifically in the ME.

And given how foreign powers have fucked up in the ME over the past ~2 decades, it's easy to see how some Muslims in the West have become disillusioned and radicalized. ISIS's propaganda, exacerbated via social media, is reeling people in at an alarming rate.

In order to curb the rise of Jihadism, stabilizing the ME should be the number 1 goal for all world leaders.

 

[zoukka]

Fucking disgusting and horrible. Killed in your own home, seeing your spouse die. This is shit is beyond evil.

 

[norm9]

Are people allowed to say it's ISIS?

Eta- what a terrible year.

 

[gamma]

Since people seem to be using this thread:

The guy was already convicted in 2013 for planning a terror attack. He got 3 years with 6 months suspended. Then he was released back into the public.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/french-policeman-stabbed-death-paris

The French attacker was identified by Le Monde and RMC radio as Larossi Abballa, 25, who was known to police for radicalism and already had a terrorism conviction.

He had been sentenced to three years in prison, six months suspended, in 2013 for “criminal association in view to preparing terrorist attacks” over his role in a recruitment network of jihadists linked to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

 

[Mistouze]

I do and the situation is out of control. Adding more Muslim migrants to the mix is like pouring petrol onto a fire. Sorry GAF if that offends but that's increasingly the majority view held in Europe.

Yeah let's close our borders to muslim refugees to protect ourselves from radicalized muslims born in Europe.

 

[KonradLaw]

Oh damn, source? I'm just interested in that.

http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/OOe...uer_Wien-472_Euro_mehr_mit_Umzug-Story-514431

It's in german. So bassicaly the numbers of arrest of asylum seekers/refugees in Vienna were 6503 last year, out of 22K that were recognized as members of that group. And what's even more worrying is that the crime rate for young migrants (under 20%) increased by 72% last year.

Europe is simply not able to handle this many people from vastly different culture coming in. Integration is hard even if you can drop people in small groups inside big native population. With numbers like those integration becomes physical impossibility.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

That is a horrible way to die, I feel horrible for the kid, he's gonna have to live without his parents and terrible memories of what happened.

I hope his mother and father are resting in peace. No one should go out like that.

So much senseless violence.

 

[Erevador]

Yeah let's close our borders to muslim refugees to protect ourselves from radicalized muslims born in Europe.

This doesn't really make your point.

If anything, the fact that a not insignificant number of European born Muslims are radicalizing makes it clear that even if refugees themselves are not radicalized, their children may become so, as has happened with previous generations of immigrants.

Everyone is going to need to get comfortable with having an adult conversation about this.

 

[Oriel]

Yeah let's close our borders to muslim refugees to protect ourselves from radicalized muslims born in Europe.

I never mentioned refugees.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

ISIS attacks will only be escalating

yeah they will get crazier as they get defeated more and more.

fuck them all