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If he was "flagged," what the Hell was he even doing outside of a maximum-security prison?


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Paris attack: Champs-Elysees driver had explosives and rifle, was flagged for extremism

Published June 19, 2017 
Fox News

A suspect who tried to attack security forces on the Champs-Elysees shopping district in Paris Monday afternoon -- when he rammed his car into a police van -- had a rifle and explosives in his vehicle, French investigators said.

The attacker died shortly after the incident, the French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. The attacker, a 31-year-old man from the Paris suburb of Argenteuil, was badly burned after his car exploded when he deliberately crashed it into a police van. The police van caught fire, but it was quickly contained, officials said. The bomb squad was called to the scene.

Authorities discovered a gas tank and an AK-47 rife in the attacker's car, Fox News confirmed. The man had been flagged by investigators earlier for extremism, French police said.

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Large explosion and shots fired on Champs Elysee #Paris looks like on person on ground.. everyone told to run.. pic.twitter.com/NTXVDgYS8J
— Andrew Hawley (@aelhawley) June 19, 2017

France's anti-terrorism prosecutor has opened an investigation into the incident.

Again--if they knew about him, why wasn't he in a Supermax-equivalent prison over there?  Devil's Island has been closed for a few years, IIRC.

The link to the story is here:  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/19/suspected-attacker-drives-car-into-police-vehicle-in-champs-elysees-police-say.html
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So many of the people committing attacks like this have been known to authorities for awhile but political correctness prevents them from being dealt with the way they should be. :hammer:

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