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Iranian Asylum Seeker Who Took Hostages on Train Shot Dead: Not Terror, Say Police (Switzerland)
Breitbart ^ | 2-9-24 | OLIVER JJ LANE

Posted on 02/09/2024 10:01:37 AM PST by dynachrome

An Iranian asylum seeker was shot dead by police as he charged at an officer while wielding an axe, the culmination of a four-hour hostage-taking aboard a Swiss regional train service.

Nearly 100 members of the emergency services responded to a hostage-taking aboard a local train service stopped Essert-sous-Champvent train station after passengers managed to contact police to alert them of the situation. A “screaming” 32-year-old Iranian asylum seeker armed with an axe and a knife had tied up at least some of the 14 passengers and the driver of the Sainte-Croix to Yverdon train, leading to a four-hour hostage situation, reports Switzerland’s 20 Minutes.

Police were eventually able to speak to the man through Whatsapp installed on the cell phones of hostage passengers, but had to use an interpreter as the attacker only spoke Farsi and English. Eventually, the Iranian hostage taker stood away from his captives for a moment, giving police a window for action. Explosives were set off to dazle the man, and officers stormed the carriage while police snipers stood by.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breitbart; dreamer; europe; happyending; hostages; iran; iranian; oliverjjlane; switzerland; terror; terrorism
"nevertheless officers are apparently confident enough to already declare the hostage-taking is “neither terrorist nor jihadist”.

okey-dokey

1 posted on 02/09/2024 10:01:37 AM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

He just wanted to axe them something....


2 posted on 02/09/2024 10:02:08 AM PST by kiryandil (Free Zaluzhny!)
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To: dynachrome
Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along...
3 posted on 02/09/2024 10:02:47 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: dynachrome

Neither terrorist nor jihadist, merely cultural enrichment.


4 posted on 02/09/2024 10:03:05 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: dynachrome

When some Iranians say they’d like to see your better half,
they mean they want to slice you in half to determine which
is better.


5 posted on 02/09/2024 10:04:04 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: dynachrome

Dude just wanted some attention.


6 posted on 02/09/2024 10:04:42 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: dynachrome
"Terrorism" will only be attached to an attack if it's by an low altitude-detonated nuclear weapon above Bern after the Jihadis announce that they were responsible.

Guess they are waiting for that moment of clarity.

7 posted on 02/09/2024 10:06:11 AM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: drSteve78

No too good at divining outcomes.


8 posted on 02/09/2024 10:07:00 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: dynachrome
14 passengers

There weren't a cupel of strong lads in a group of 14 who could beat the pig snot out of this lowlife?

9 posted on 02/09/2024 10:09:40 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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how does one person with an axe get 14 people tied up?....not one man could have rushed him?...not one?....


10 posted on 02/09/2024 10:13:04 AM PST by cherry
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To: dynachrome

The Swiss really need to get up to speed here. It’s not enough to just say the attack wasn’t terror-related.

One must also work in the phrase “lone wolf”. And for bonus points, mention how the attacker felt unwelcome in his new country. That way, it’s not his fault. It’s society’s fault.


11 posted on 02/09/2024 10:18:30 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: dynachrome

Insanian asylum seeker


12 posted on 02/09/2024 10:19:50 AM PST by small farm girl
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To: dynachrome

Not “Terror”? So the fuzz are saying that Iranians who terrorize people as just a bunch of natural wicked, mean and evil bastards. Thanks for sharing.


13 posted on 02/09/2024 10:26:34 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ( Joe Pedo's America! The Motel 6 to the world. Joe's Border Patrol will keep the light on for you.)
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To: dynachrome

thought it was a babylon bee article

“Man wearing T-Shirt clearly declaring himself to be a terrorist- screams alah akbar, and yelling that he is indeed a terrorist and people need to submit to islam or else, is determined by Swedish police to not be uninvolved in terrorist activity


14 posted on 02/09/2024 10:27:02 AM PST by Bob434
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To: dynachrome

His plan to allow him to live in Switzerland was to take some of their citizens hostage and threaten to kill them. This somehow made sense to him.

Some cultures can not, will not, and should not be a part of western civilization.


15 posted on 02/09/2024 10:29:34 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: dynachrome
Too bad he didn't get on this Swiss train.


16 posted on 02/09/2024 10:41:17 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dynachrome

This is what happens when you allow people to purchase and carry and own and think about these high-capacity knives and axes...do you realize how many stabs there are in the average paring knife? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Don’t get me started on boning knives, please, Louise. And the axes? I think you could be talking a million nasty whacks for Lizzy Borden’s mom and dad, bless their souls...

When will we make it end??

What? Abortions? No, they don’t count. Those are good murders. Sacred murders. Saving those poor fetuses from a world of hurt, we are.


17 posted on 02/09/2024 12:13:25 PM PST by _longranger81
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To: dynachrome

“nevertheless officers are apparently confident enough to already declare the hostage-taking is “neither terrorist nor jihadist”.
okey-dokey
= = =

Well, I guess the only other option is a ‘Trump’ thing.


18 posted on 02/09/2024 12:58:24 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Leaning Right

One must also work in the phrase “lone wolf”
= = =

OK

Wolfs have been declared ‘endangered’ in some regions.

That makes them ‘protected’.

Apply that. Dang.


19 posted on 02/09/2024 1:01:14 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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