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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:31 PM Jul 2016

Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich

BREAKING:Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich

MUNICH — A gunman carried out a shooting rampage Friday in a busy shopping area of Munich, killing at least nine people and wounding 21 others in an act of “suspected terrorism” before he committed suicide, police said early Saturday.

The rampage prompted authorities to lock down the southern German city and launch a massive manhunt for suspected perpetrators. Police later determined that the attack at Munich’s Olympia shopping complex was apparently carried out by a lone gunman and that he committed suicide about half a mile away.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/german-police-seal-off-mall-area-in-munich-after-shots-fired/2016/07/22/6567e6d8-502c-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html

Jihadism looking like a strong possibility here.

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Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich (Original Post) Nye Bevan Jul 2016 OP

No sense waiting for the facts? guillaumeb Jul 2016 #1

Oh give up Kurska Jul 2016 #4

He was all but declared a white Brevik style right-wing terrorist just an hour ago by your pals.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2016 #7

Awww, shit, a Persian? That's not good. nt MADem Jul 2016 #2

Probably. But not all Iranians are Persian. Igel Jul 2016 #10

When most people say Persian in the modern vernacular, they mean someone from the MADem Jul 2016 #11

I'm not sure that squares with Iranian treestar Jul 2016 #3

Not ISIS perhaps, but possibly Al Qaeda FBaggins Jul 2016 #5

small world! 6chars Jul 2016 #6

So I guess it was the only the one shooter then? smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #8

My goodness, so young! DawgHouse Jul 2016 #9

18? God, he was a child. Photographer Jul 2016 #12

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. No sense waiting for the facts?

Reply to Nye Bevan (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:37 PM

Jul 2016

Last edited Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:08 PM - Edit history (1)

How about German terrorism?

Remember the terror in Germany in the 1960's and 1970's?

And this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028038636

Kurska

(5,739 posts)

4. Oh give up

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:27 PM

Jul 2016

The last 20 times this has happened it has been the same damn thing.

If I could win at cards as many times I was right about this sort of thing by "jumping to conclusions" I'd have something better to do than post on here.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

7. He was all but declared a white Brevik style right-wing terrorist just an hour ago by your pals....

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:49 PM

Jul 2016

....and a lap was taken that the "Islamaphobes" had already "disappeared now that they had been proven wrong".

Now, let us "wait for facts" again?

You guys gotta all get on the same page. One of these days you'll be right.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. Awww, shit, a Persian? That's not good. nt

Reply to Nye Bevan (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:39 PM

Jul 2016

Igel

(35,320 posts)

10. Probably. But not all Iranians are Persian.

Reply to MADem (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 12:43 AM

Jul 2016

Azeri, Kurds, Arabs, Balochi. It's the rump of an empire, and is "diverse" through being forcibly inclusive.

Then agan, 9% or so Sunni.

Not necessary for the child of two Shi'ites to stay Shi'ite.

Then again, we have two witnesses, of dubious quality. One said the shooter was German and insulted Turks. If he was born and raised in Germany, he's fluent. Not all Germans are blue-eyed; not all Iranians are really dark skinned. The other said he shouted the infamous "Allahu akbar" mantra.

If the shooter were a Twelver Shi'ite, perhaps he was gunning for Sunni Turks for their attitude towards Assad. Hey, even the most unlikely contradictory remarks can somehow be made consistent.

Then again, we know very little, and given very little speculation is cheap and easy.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

11. When most people say Persian in the modern vernacular, they mean someone from the

Reply to Igel (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:46 AM

Jul 2016

nation of Iran.

I am very familiar with Iran, I used to live there.

No one will care, though, if this person was Kurdish, with separatist issues, or a minority Sunni, or opposed to Sunnis or having some other issue, religious, nationalist, maybe even having nothing at all to do with Iran.

All they will care about is that is he was from Iran, because that will somehow "prove" something.

This is a bad day for Persians around the world; when one guy sticks up and makes everyone else look bad.