Tel-Chai Nation

A terrible terrorist attack took place in Liege, Belgium, costing the lives of two policewomen whose guns the terrorist then used to gun down a motorist before he was shot dead:

The Police chief of Liège, Belgium, has said that the deceased gunman, who fatally shot two female officers and a bystander outside a cafe and took one woman hostage at a local school, deliberately targetted police.

Shots were heard in the centre of the eastern Belgian city of Liège at around 10.30 am local time when an armed man opened fire outside the Cafe des Augustins on the Rue des Augustins, killing two police officers.

Belgian prosecutors’ office spokesman Philippe Dulieu confirmed the attacker in Liege was carrying a knife and approached two police officers, stabbed them several times, disarming them, and then used their weapons in a shooting rampage.

Dulieu said that the attacker “then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died.”

National Belgian broadcaster RTBF has named the suspect as 36-year-old Benjamin Herman who was on temporary release from prison. He was known to police for petty crime such as theft, damage to public property, and minor drug trafficking.

It sounds like he was a Muslim convert, proving the dangers of allowing the practice in prisons. Now, thanks to all the incompetence they displayed, the lives of two ladies who deserved better were lost. From what I heard, one of them was a mother, and now the shoddy neglect of security has cost a parent her life.

An important point is made about how gun control led to this tragedy:

Belgian citizens, unarmed via stringent gun control, were helpless as a Jihadist stabbed two officers and then stole the officers’ guns and shot them dead. [...]

The University of Sydney’s GunPolicy.org lists Belgium’s gun control as “restrictive.” This means Belgians have no guaranteed right to gun ownership. It also means that the process to legally purchase a gun in Belgium is arduous. One must acquire a license from the government before purchasing a gun and those pursuing such a license must convince the government they have a “genuine reason” for firearm possession. They must also pass a background check, including interviews with a third party reference, and must pass a firearm safety course. After all this Belgians are only allowed to acquire one firearm and face limitations on the amount of ammunition they can possess.

Moreover, Belgians’ firearms must be registered with the government.

Because the government in Belgium practically forbids firearms for defending innocent lives to civilians, citizens are unable to come to the help of even public servants in dire need. This has to be changed one way or another.

Labels: belgium, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, misogyny, racism, terrorism, war on terror