It's been a busy week in Europe. While a Somali man was stabbing three people to death while on a self-described jihad in the German town of Wurzburg, an Egyptian was stabbing people on a bus in the Italian city of Florence. And while all that was going on, a North African man of French nationality, was waving a knife at passersby in Rome, near the Vatican, threatening to kill everyone in sight.
We have already posted reports of the first two attacks. The third is reported below by the Italian newspaper, Il Tempo. Translation by Fousesquawk.
"I'll kill you all," with knife sows panic at St Peter's (Square)
Elena Ricci, 25 June 2021
He had 8 knives with him well hidden in a backpack, but that with which he decided to sow panic this afternoon near St Peter's Square, he had stolen from a restaurant on via del Falco. First, he threatened the waitress who was clearing tables outside, pointing the knife to her face, then he began to go crazy in front of terrorized passersby. "I'll kill you, I'll kill all of you," he reportedly shouted in a state of delirium. Initially stopped by local police from Group 1 Prati, a patrol from the Borgo police station intervened next. The man, disarmed and stopped, was then taken to the offices of police where he was searched. In his backpack, 8 more knives. (The suspect) is a 46-year-old Maghrebian (North African) of French nationality, Mahmoudi Khirddine, already known to police and without fixed abode. The man, according to what is known, reportedly suffers from a psychiatric disorder. It is being evaluated whether to subject him to forced hospitalization.
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Fousesquawk comment: Had enough, Europe?
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