12 year-old boy attempts nail bombing in Ludwigshafen Christmas market, City Hall
Source: Euro News
A 12 year old German-Iraqi boy suspected of having links to ISIL has been detained in Ludwigshafen, Germany, it has been revealed on Friday, for failing to detonate a nail bomb first in a Christmas market and then near to the citys City Hall.
On Nov. 26, the boy reportedly set down a backpack containing a bomb he made using fireworks and sparklers in the citys Christmas market.
After the bomb failed to ignite, a passer-by on Dec. 5 noticed the boy hiding the bomb-laden backpack in a bush near the City Hall and informed police.
A bomb-disposal team disposed of the bomb. Police reports describing the incident say the boys intended bomb was flammable but not explosive. The bag in which it was found was also filled with nails.
Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/16/12-year-old-boy-attempts-nail-bombing-in-ludwigshafen-christmas-market-city-hall
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I sure hope they're investigating his family. He wasn't born filled with hatred and the desire to murder innocents.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)did we kill in Iraq? How many families faced tragedy because of errors and "friendly fire", being called "collateral damage"? You don't think some of those families are looking for a little pay back? Germany is an ally of ours.
romanic
(2,841 posts)I don't give a stinky shit if the 12 year old became an orphan. It doesn't justify trying to blasting innocent people in the name of some sky god and his "prophet".
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but sometimes actions have consequences. Is it right? No. As long as we and our allies keep killing innocent people (I'm sorry, I guess in the "civilized" world we call that collateral damage so we can sleep at night) abroad, the chance of further attacks is increased. Those people are in Germany because our military intervention have made Iraq a hell hole.
Captain1way
(33 posts)What we did and Iraq ?
"Blasting innocent people"
I don't care who you are, how can you not feel for a 12-year-old boy being orphaned in an illegal war waged by the United States?
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Period.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I am saying it is not always the parents. Sometimes good people have shit head kids. Sometimes the actions of our government and military has consequences. Not everyone just sits back and takes it, and as long as we keep killing innocent people overseas, we will stand the chance of future retaliation.
Captain1way
(33 posts)If I punched you in the face, and then you punch me back in the face, only one of us is the aggressor, and only one of us is the victim
Even though we both committed the same exact act , One was done and aggression, the other done in defense
Marengo
(3,477 posts)Captain1way
(33 posts)It would seem any terrorist attack would be targeting the nation of Germany , not specific people
When Al Qaeda struck the World Trade Center , I'm sure they wernt targeting Ralph and Betty on the 24th floor
Marengo
(3,477 posts)This is an act of revenge, not self defense.
Captain1way
(33 posts)The WTC victims were state actors
It was an attack on the USA , not specific civilians , like most terror attacks, the people pay the price for the crimes of the state
Marengo
(3,477 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,927 posts)You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
Rodgers and Hammerstein, South Pacific, 1949.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but the war machines of the so called civilized nations.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I'll be heading back to Germany in February and it will be interesting to see how the atmosphere has changed.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)What do you do with a person this young attempting a crime this heinous?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)But it happens.
complain jane
(4,302 posts)but who knows what he was subjected to to indoctrinate him to this mindset. Maybe he IS a sociopath, but maybe he's been raised by lunatics.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Personality disorders are usually rooted in bad parenting.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Brainwashed maybe?
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)It need not be the parents, either.
At that age, rehab is not only possible but likely.
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)"for failing to detonate a nail bomb first in a Christmas market"
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Maybe Euro News articles are translated from another language?
LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)And anyone who is indoctrinating a child to commit violence and murder is absolute scum.