France: It Happens Yet Again

"Play it again, Sam."

Once again, someone has been stabbed on the streets of a French city for no reason other than it was in the name of Allah. This time in Nice, two soldiers of Allah attacked a man around 1am Wednesday morning. Apparently, the victim was stabbed repeatedly by one of the suspects. A foot chase ensued, and the suspects were arrested, one of whom was yelling the familiar refrain, "Allahu Akbar" and telling the police to shoot him so he could go to Paradise. Instead, both suspects were taken with no shots being fired, and the two miscreants went to jail instead of Paradise.

The below article from Le Figaro is translated by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/nice-un-homme-qui-voulait-mourir-en-martyr-et-tuer-au-nom-d-allah-interpelle-20220316

Nice: A man who wanted "to die a martyr" and "kill in the name of Allah" arrested

By Nicolas Daguin

Posted 13 hours ago, updated 13 hours ago.

Caption beneath photo:  The suspect, age 19, was arrested by a team from the BAC of NIce _Thomas Coex/AFP

The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office has been notified "and is following the progress of the preliminary investigations".

The perpetrators of a violent knife attack in the streets of Nice, two individuals, 19 and 25 years of age, were arrested Tuesday night the 15th-Wednesday, the 16th of March by a BAC* patrol we learned at the beginning of the morning from the prosecutor's office, confirming information from RTL.**

The facts played out in the center of Nice, around 1 am. One of the two suspects stabbed the shoulder, arms, and hands of a 37-year-old man several times before fleeing in view of the police. A chase reportedly ensued, and it was then that the young 19-year-old man reportedly shouted, "Allah Akbar" numerous times, even calling on the police to shoot him. "Shoot me,  I want to die a martyr, I want to go to Paradise," he reportedly said, according to RTL, which was able to consult the police statement. Xavier Bonhomme, the National Prosecutor of Nice, calls for prudence, however: "Everything remains to be confirmed."

* National Police Anti-Crime Brigade

** The RTL article (not translated) adds information that the stabber also made references to wanting to kill a homosexual in his statement to police. Police are investigating the case both as a possible hate crime and a possible act of terror.