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'Terror' at Christmas market: French police hunt 'injured' gunman who shot dead three people and wounded 12 then fled in a hijacked TAXI following shootout with cops
- A gunman opened fire at Strasbourg's historic Christmas Market at around 8pm local time killing at least three
- A manhunt is underway for the gunman, 29-year-old local man Cherif Chekatt, who was on security watchlist
- He was shot by soldiers but still managed to evade a dragnet and flee in a hijacked taxi, leaving 12 people hurt
- President Macron raised the country's terror level to its highest state as anti-terror police probed the attack
- The Strasbourg-based European Parliament was put on lockdown following the shooting
At least three people were killed and 12 others injured last night when a gunman opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, northeastern France. Police are today hunting for the attacker, identified as a 29-year-old local man on a security watchlist, who fled the scene in a hijacked taxi having been wounded in a shootout with soldiers. President Macron raised the country's terror level as the manhunt continued. The carnage unfolded just after 8pm local time outside the historic Christmas market in Strasbourg's central square, Place Kleber, one of the busiest areas in the city, which is also home to the European Parliament. Four of those injured are still fighting for their lives, with six others seriously hurt, the mayor of Strasbourg, said on Wednesday morning. Witnesses described one of the victims as a a male South-east Asian tourist who had been shot in the head. ...
source: daily mail
Strasbourg shooting: gunman was listed as potential terror threat
The 29-year-old, who authorities say was radicalised in prison, is still on the run A gunman being hunted by police after killing three people and injuring 13 others after opening fire on Strasbourg’s Christmas market is a hardened criminal who was on France’s national security list as a potential terror threat, French authorities have said. Hours before he opened fire in the city centre, the suspect had given police the slip when they went to arrest him in connection with an armed robbery and attempted murder. Explosives were reportedly found in a search of his home. ...
source: the guardian
Many worldwide oppose more migration – both into and out of their countries
As the number of international migrants reaches new highs, people around the world show little appetite for more migration – both into and out of their countries, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 27 nations conducted in the spring of 2018. Across the countries surveyed, a median of 45% say fewer or no immigrants should be allowed to move to their country, while 36% say they want about the same number of immigrants. Just 14% say their countries should allow more immigrants. (Those who said no immigrants should be allowed volunteered this response.) ...
source: pew research
Nearly 50 Million Worldwide Planning to Migrate Soon
Those working at capacity, professionals most likely prepping to leave WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Of the roughly 630 million of the world's adults who desire to move to other countries, less than one-tenth of them -- about 48 million adults -- tell Gallup they are planning to move in the next 12 months. Less than half of those who are planning to move -- about 19 million adults -- are taking necessary steps such as applying for visas or residency and purchasing tickets. ...
source: gallup
MEPs Vote for Romania and Bulgaria to Join Schengen
The European Parliament adopted a report supporting Romania and Bulgaria's bids to join the border-free Schengen Zone, despite a lack of consensus among European Council members. The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted a report stressing that Romania and Bulgaria's readiness to join the Schengen Agreement should not be linked to the rule of law in the two countries, despite the lack of consensus on the matter in the European Council, the European Union’s top decision-making body. “The countries have already met the criteria, the Commission has said this, the experts have said this,” the European Parliament’s rapporteur, Bulgarian Socialist Sergey Stanishev, told his fellow MEPs during a debate in Strasbourg on Monday night. “The [EU] Council simply doesn't know what to say. For the past five years the Council has been in breach of European rules failing to adopt a decision on the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area,” Stanishev said. ...
source: balkan insight
Stelzer wants to make rising crime among asylum seekers a central issue
LINZ / STEYR / VIENNA. The number of knife attacks in Austria has increased by 300 percent within ten years. Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) admits: "We have a problem with a group of young Afghans."
"This group gives us an above-average amount of work," said the country's top police officer, Andreas Pilsl, more than two years ago in an interview with OÖNachrichten. A warning, which in view of the bloody deed in Steyr wins explosive. Provincial Governor Stelzer also points out: "Criminal age may not be a free ticket to live outside our legal system, so we can not talk well and certainly not close our eyes to it." This mistake was made in the problem group of Chechens years ago. That can not and will not be repeated. " The provincial governor has therefore today asked State Police Director Andreas Pilsl during a conversation to submit a current status report to the State Security Council meeting on 17 December. In addition, one expects recommendations on how to handle this problem. In general, it is the great challenge that the mood in the population does not tilt: "We have to make it clear that the vast majority of asylum seekers is not criminal and needs our support. Therefore, the asylum seekers, who permanently violate the law, must be consistently prosecuted and deported. "In addition, it needs faster asylum procedures, it is still too slow, until the final decision is present. Again and again it comes to crimes of punishable asylum seekers. Only recently, an 11-year-old Afghan man, armed with a knife, was said to have robbed a guy at Linz Station. Not an isolated case, as evidenced by the crime statistics. "It can not be that these guys dance around on our nose," says Stelzer. FPÖ head of club Herwig Mahr also sees "an urgent need for action": "The country's security council will meet next Monday, with this Afghan problem at the top of the agenda," Mahr said in a press release on Tuesday. At this meeting all possibilities were to be examined - "also sharper integration measures", so the club chairman. ...
source: oberösterreich nachrichten
source: oberösterreich nachrichten translate
'Terror' at Christmas market: French police hunt 'injured' gunman who shot dead three people and wounded 12 then fled in a hijacked TAXI following shootout with cops
- A gunman opened fire at Strasbourg's historic Christmas Market at around 8pm local time killing at least three
- A manhunt is underway for the gunman, 29-year-old local man Cherif Chekatt, who was on security watchlist
- He was shot by soldiers but still managed to evade a dragnet and flee in a hijacked taxi, leaving 12 people hurt
- President Macron raised the country's terror level to its highest state as anti-terror police probed the attack
- The Strasbourg-based European Parliament was put on lockdown following the shooting
At least three people were killed and 12 others injured last night when a gunman opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, northeastern France. Police are today hunting for the attacker, identified as a 29-year-old local man on a security watchlist, who fled the scene in a hijacked taxi having been wounded in a shootout with soldiers. President Macron raised the country's terror level as the manhunt continued. The carnage unfolded just after 8pm local time outside the historic Christmas market in Strasbourg's central square, Place Kleber, one of the busiest areas in the city, which is also home to the European Parliament. Four of those injured are still fighting for their lives, with six others seriously hurt, the mayor of Strasbourg, said on Wednesday morning. Witnesses described one of the victims as a a male South-east Asian tourist who had been shot in the head. ...
source: daily mail
Strasbourg shooting: gunman was listed as potential terror threat
The 29-year-old, who authorities say was radicalised in prison, is still on the run A gunman being hunted by police after killing three people and injuring 13 others after opening fire on Strasbourg’s Christmas market is a hardened criminal who was on France’s national security list as a potential terror threat, French authorities have said. Hours before he opened fire in the city centre, the suspect had given police the slip when they went to arrest him in connection with an armed robbery and attempted murder. Explosives were reportedly found in a search of his home. ...
source: the guardian
Many worldwide oppose more migration – both into and out of their countries
As the number of international migrants reaches new highs, people around the world show little appetite for more migration – both into and out of their countries, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 27 nations conducted in the spring of 2018. Across the countries surveyed, a median of 45% say fewer or no immigrants should be allowed to move to their country, while 36% say they want about the same number of immigrants. Just 14% say their countries should allow more immigrants. (Those who said no immigrants should be allowed volunteered this response.) ...
source: pew research
Nearly 50 Million Worldwide Planning to Migrate Soon
Those working at capacity, professionals most likely prepping to leave WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Of the roughly 630 million of the world's adults who desire to move to other countries, less than one-tenth of them -- about 48 million adults -- tell Gallup they are planning to move in the next 12 months. Less than half of those who are planning to move -- about 19 million adults -- are taking necessary steps such as applying for visas or residency and purchasing tickets. ...
source: gallup
MEPs Vote for Romania and Bulgaria to Join Schengen
The European Parliament adopted a report supporting Romania and Bulgaria's bids to join the border-free Schengen Zone, despite a lack of consensus among European Council members. The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted a report stressing that Romania and Bulgaria's readiness to join the Schengen Agreement should not be linked to the rule of law in the two countries, despite the lack of consensus on the matter in the European Council, the European Union’s top decision-making body. “The countries have already met the criteria, the Commission has said this, the experts have said this,” the European Parliament’s rapporteur, Bulgarian Socialist Sergey Stanishev, told his fellow MEPs during a debate in Strasbourg on Monday night. “The [EU] Council simply doesn't know what to say. For the past five years the Council has been in breach of European rules failing to adopt a decision on the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area,” Stanishev said. ...
source: balkan insight
Stelzer wants to make rising crime among asylum seekers a central issue
LINZ / STEYR / VIENNA. The number of knife attacks in Austria has increased by 300 percent within ten years. Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) admits: "We have a problem with a group of young Afghans."
"This group gives us an above-average amount of work," said the country's top police officer, Andreas Pilsl, more than two years ago in an interview with OÖNachrichten. A warning, which in view of the bloody deed in Steyr wins explosive. Provincial Governor Stelzer also points out: "Criminal age may not be a free ticket to live outside our legal system, so we can not talk well and certainly not close our eyes to it." This mistake was made in the problem group of Chechens years ago. That can not and will not be repeated. " The provincial governor has therefore today asked State Police Director Andreas Pilsl during a conversation to submit a current status report to the State Security Council meeting on 17 December. In addition, one expects recommendations on how to handle this problem. In general, it is the great challenge that the mood in the population does not tilt: "We have to make it clear that the vast majority of asylum seekers is not criminal and needs our support. Therefore, the asylum seekers, who permanently violate the law, must be consistently prosecuted and deported. "In addition, it needs faster asylum procedures, it is still too slow, until the final decision is present. Again and again it comes to crimes of punishable asylum seekers. Only recently, an 11-year-old Afghan man, armed with a knife, was said to have robbed a guy at Linz Station. Not an isolated case, as evidenced by the crime statistics. "It can not be that these guys dance around on our nose," says Stelzer. FPÖ head of club Herwig Mahr also sees "an urgent need for action": "The country's security council will meet next Monday, with this Afghan problem at the top of the agenda," Mahr said in a press release on Tuesday. At this meeting all possibilities were to be examined - "also sharper integration measures", so the club chairman. ...
source: oberösterreich nachrichten
source: oberösterreich nachrichten translate
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