terrorist attack at gas factory in France 1 dead

[dragon]

6:07 a.m. ET : Police told French news agency AFP that a suspected Islamist attacker pinned a decapitated head covered with Arabic writing to the gates of a gas factory in eastern France on Friday, before being arrested.

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One person has been killed in a suspected terror attack at a factory near Lyon in southeastern France, a local government official said Friday.

Another person is currently in police custody and is suspected of involvement in the attack, Joelle Huillier, a local politician, told CNN's French affiliate BFMTV. He is being questioned by police, she said.

A source cited by BFMTV said a decapitated head had been put in front of the company, next to which was found an Islamist flag. CNN has not been able to confirm the report.

Map shows location of attack in southeastern France
Map shows location of attack in southeastern France
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A man described as a witness, whose name was given as Patrice, also told BFMTV that a group of men carrying Islamic flags forced their way into the factory, beheaded a person and targeted gas tanks.

Le Monde newspaper cited unidentified sources as saying that two individuals rammed a vehicle into the building, causing the explosion. Banners in Arabic that haven't yet been examined were found at the scene, the paper added.

The Paris prosecutor's office said its anti-terrorist section was opening an investigation into crimes related to a terrorist enterprise.

A spokeswoman for the company concerned, Air Products, confirmed there had been "an incident" on site at its Grenoble location.

Spokeswoman Nicola Long said the emergency services were at the scene. There was an explosion, she said, a a fire that has been put out.

She was not able to give any information on any deaths or injuries. The company supplies gases for industrial use.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is making his way to the scene in the village of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, between Lyon and Grenoble, immediately.

Security has been heightened in France since an Islamist terror attack in January, when attackers targeted the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris.

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[cosmicalstorm]

On some other boards I frequent people assert that we better get used to this kind of activity. In about a decades time an average month in France or Germany will probably include a suicide-bombing or two in the name of Allah.

[salm]

Getting used to it would be awesome. Then it couldn´t be used for stupid propaganda and new surveillance laws.

[The Romulan Republic]

On some other boards I frequent people assert that we better get used to this kind of activity. In about a decades time an average month in France or Germany will probably include a suicide-bombing or two in the name of Allah.

Would those by any chance be far Right boards fear mongering about Muslims/immigrants?

Now maybe things will get that bad. But its hardly a certainty, I'm suspicious of the motives behind such claims, and frankly, a couple suicide bombings a month, while horrible and something to seek to avoid, would still leave Europe better off than much of the world.

Edit: Not to diminish the horror of such attacks, of course. Its just that I find the fear-mongering, and what its used to justify, very disturbing, and I wish people would keep things in perspective.

[madd0ct0r]

it's ok. In the 80's he would have been calling for ethnic cleansing of ireland.

[cosmicalstorm]

On some other boards I frequent people assert that we better get used to this kind of activity. In about a decades time an average month in France or Germany will probably include a suicide-bombing or two in the name of Allah.

Would those by any chance be far Right boards fear mongering about Muslims/immigrants?

Now maybe things will get that bad. But its hardly a certainty, I'm suspicious of the motives behind such claims, and frankly, a couple suicide bombings a month, while horrible and something to seek to avoid, would still leave Europe better off than much of the world.

Edit: Not to diminish the horror of such attacks, of course. Its just that I find the fear-mongering, and what its used to justify, very disturbing, and I wish people would keep things in perspective.

They are definetly far right by this boards standards. But I don't believe everything I read. I wonder what will happen with European politics if this becomes more common though. I remember Americans running to support GWB after 9/11. I can't believe Euros would be more resistant to crazy political logic if terror comes here to stay. A lot of nuttys are gonna get elected partly thanks to this. On some chan boards people are gushing over this incident, it's excellent, more people will vote for their party now.

[The Romulan Republic]

Yeah, I'm sure the Nazis and other assorted Right wing assholes of Europe will milk this as much as possible, just like their counterparts do here.

[Channel72]

This attack was actually one of four which happened today. There were a series of attacks, in Tunisia, Somalia, France and Kuwait. They don't seem to have been coordinated - but were probably all influenced by continuing ISIS propaganda. The one in Kuwait was in a Shiite Mosque, and was not targeting Westerners.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/africa/tu ... index.html

(CNN)Gunmen killed at least 37 people at a beachfront Tunisian hotel on Friday, the same day terrorists lashed out brutally in France and bombed a mosque in Kuwait.

Tunisia's health ministry reported those deaths as well as 36 injuries in and around the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba in the coastal Tunisian city of Sousse, according to the state-run TAP news agency. There were three attackers -- one of whom was killed, one arrested and one escaped -- Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui told reporters.

A woman from Wales told CNN's Robyn Kriel that she saw bloodied bodies lying in the sand and people from neighboring hotels jumping over to fences to get to her hotel. She said she is staying about a mile from the main attack scene, but visitors there still took precautions by putting mattresses up against the door to slow any gunmen who might try to barge in.

The hotel guest said she heard at least 30 seconds of sustained gunfire, though things have become relatively quiet by early afternoon.

On its website, Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba is described as an all-inclusive hotel with views of Port El Kantaoui. It contains indoor and outdoor pools, including one for children, as well as buffet-style and theme restaurants.

By late Friday afternoon, while blood pooled on pavement outside the hotel, the building itself appeared relatively calm. Most tourists had evacuated by then, with locals and security forces inside.

While the horror appeared to be over, its full extent -- including who died and how -- remained largely unknown.

But what was clear, even then, is that this was another dark day for Tunisia, and further proof of terrorists' savagery -- not just in war-torn regions like Iraq and Syria, but also in far different places where people expect to relax, not fear for their lives.

"I cry for Tunisia, I cry for Kuwait, I cry for our countries that have become accustomed to blood gun powder and became foul," tweeted one woman.

Attacks also in France, Kuwait
Tunisia's nightmare came on the same day as at least two deadly terrorist attack in other countries.

Police and firefighters gather at the entrance of Air Products & Chemicals, a gas factory near Lyon, France, on Friday, June 26, after a terror attack. One person has been beheaded and two people injured, French President François Hollande said Friday. A suspect has been arrested, he said.

One person was beheaded and two injured at a gas factory near Lyon in southeastern France, according to French President Francois Hollande. And ISIS has claimed responsibility for an apparent bomb blast at the Shiite-affiliated Al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait's capital during Friday prayers, leaving at least 25 dead and more than 200 injured.

Spain raised its terror alert -- to 4 on a 1-to-5 scale, with the higher numbers indicating a bigger threat -- in light of the three attacks, Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Ferandez said. Other leaders, like British Prime Minister David Cameron, reacted as well.

"I am sickened by the attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait," Cameron tweeted. "Our countries stand together in combating the horrors of terrorism."

[Metahive]

On some other boards I frequent people assert that we better get used to this kind of activity. In about a decades time an average month in France or Germany will probably include a suicide-bombing or two in the name of Allah.

"Some boards", care to name them and what those people are basing their predictions on? I don't like when people are both alarmist and weasely at the same time, that always reeks of bullshit.

[Sea Skimmer]

Aye it does. Its far more likely that this stuff to taper off in step with the tapering off of active open warfare in the middle east, because we have no damn reason to assume its unlinked, or that most of said warfare will last forever or even more then a few more years.

Never mind the fact that seriously, one nut killed one person. OH MY GOD THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! In the US we ignore worse on a daily basis even though one can easily contend its far more senseless. But hey, anyone remember that time a German nut with a flamethrower killed a bunch of school children and caused some radical neo fascist transformation of European politics forever? Oh right that didn't happen. Or how about the Bologna massacre put the corpse of Mussolini back on the throne? Or how the IRA is at the gates of London with tanks and battleships? Europe doesn't have to 'get used' to anything except the fact that its more peaceful then it used to be.

Seriously, this is isolated and that such an 'attack' with one person killed is so newsworthy precisely shows how limited, poorly supported and disorganized the Islamic terrorist threat actually is. You'd almost think this wasn't the place that had two world wars within living memory from the way people act. it doesn't mean the issue should be ignored, but fearmongering is the only way the terrorists can actually win. That goes back to many of the original theories of terrorism that appeared in the 1950s and 60s... basically of which were proven to be utter bunk anyway.