It's OK folks, just a crazed Somalian stabbing people for personal reasons, not terror reasons...
UK: Cops rule out terrorism in case of man who stabbed people at random, say attacker is ‘of Somali descent’
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 1:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER
“Detectives quickly ruled out terrorism, saying there was ‘no suggestion’ that it was a hate crime or that gangs were involved. They said the stabbings appeared to be random, with no obvious links between the victims.”
It all depends on what your definition of “terrorism” is. There are three indications here that this was a jihad attack:
1. The attack is, as the notice below says, “a male of Somalia descent.” Somalia is almost 100% Muslim and the jihad group al-Shabaab is active there.
2. The attacker stabbed at least one of the victims in the throat. “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4)
3. We have seen random stabbings by jihadis in the West many times. The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
But the British political media establishment cannot and will not admit that any of this allows for the possibility that this was a jihad attack. And so even before this man has been apprehended, and before police know the first thing about him, they have ruled out terrorism. It is a manifestation of the willful ignorance that is pandemic in our age.
An update on this story. “Police release footage of Birmingham murder suspect on the run after one is killed and seven injured,” by Victoria Ward and Mason Boycott-Owen, Telegraph, September 6, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A manhunt is underway for a young, black “Somalian” murder suspect behind a spate of stabbings in Birmingham city centre.
On Sunday night, police released footage of the suspect, whom the public has been warned not to approach, pacing the street shortly before 2am.
Dressed in black jeans, with a black hoodie and black cap, he had already stabbed most of his victims, killing a 23-year-old man.
Detectives quickly ruled out terrorism, saying there was “no suggestion” that it was a hate crime or that gangs were involved. They said the stabbings appeared to be random, with no obvious links between the victims.
A 32-year-old woman, who was stabbed in the throat as she was pinned up against a wall, and a 19-year-old man suffered critical injuries. Five others, aged between 23 and 33, received relatively minor injuries, West Midlands Police said….
Nathan Hudson, assistant chief ambulance officer with the WMAS, said: “We had an attacker with a knife going round randomly stabbing people.
“We had an ongoing incident and didn’t really know at what point that would end.”
A security guards’ chatroom sent out a description of the suspect, warning local bar owners to be vigilant.
“The suspect is described as 5ft 5 in, a male of Somalia descent, dark skinned & wearing dark clothing – a hoodie and tracksuit bottoms,” it said…. |
