Trucks and vans are rapidly emerging as the weapon of choice for the discerning jihadi ~

 
This disturbing trend really caught on after the 2016 Bastille Day massacre in France ~ Islamic Terrorist Planned Nice, France, Attack for Months ~

Top anti-terror prosecutor François Molins on Thursday revealed that Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel showed ties to Islamic terrorism at the time of the January 2015 jihadist attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris and a kosher market, according to the Wall Street Journal. The magazine had run satirical cartoons depicting Muhammad. The new report from Molins contradicted statements in recent days from Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Prime Minister Manuel Valls that Bouhlel had become “fast radicalized” before killing 84 and injuring many more with a large delivery truck and other weapons in a Bastille Day terror attack.

 
Now, terrorism-by-vehicle is becoming all too commonplace ~
 
• Muslim trucker made “no attempt to stop” before crashing into seven vehicles killing 4 ~

(Illinois) Police spokesman Calvin Dye Jr. says 53-year-old Mohamed Yussuf Jama of Greeley was driving the tractor-trailer when it crashed into vehicles that had slowed or stopped in a construction zone near Hamel on Nov. 21, 2017 […]
 
Jama’s 2016 Freightliner Cascadia slammed into cars on Interstate 55 with “no attempt to stop,” Dye said. The cars were slowed or stopped in traffic, ahead of the truck.

• Three dead and several injured after man ‘deliberately’ drove car into pedestrians in Melbourne CBD

(Jan. 2017) Four people were killed – and more than 30 were injured – when a car driven by a crazed 26-year-old “deliberately” rammed through pedestrians in the centre of Melbourne, causing mayhem in one of the city’s best-known shopping strips […]
 
Police chased the car and eventually shot and arrested the driver, Dimitrious Gargasoulas, who had allegedly stabbed his brother at their mother’s apartment early on Friday morning.

• Melbourne crash: Driver who ploughed into Flinders Street crowds has history of mental health issues ~

(Dec. 2017) A crazed 32-year-old man deliberately drove a car through a crowd at one of Melbourne’s busiest intersections in an “evil” act that left 19 people injured and raised fresh questions about the adequacy of security measures to protect pedestrians […]
 
Police said the driver, an Australian citizen of Afghan descent, had a history of drug use and mental health problems and was not believed to have been motivated by extremism.

• 3 Still in Critical Condition After German Van Rampage ~

BERLIN (AP) (April 9, 2018) — Three people remain in critical condition after the deadly van rampage in the western German city of Muenster, a hospital official said Monday.
 
A 48-year-old German killed two people and injured more than 20 others when he crashed into the crowd outside a popular bar on Saturday afternoon. He then fatally shot himself in the van.

• London Bridge Terror Attack: ‘This is for Allah’, Seven Fatalities, 48 Casualties, Three Suspects Shot Dead by Police ~

(June, 2017) Butt, Redouane, and Zaghba murdered eight people and injured at least 48 others after ploughing through pedestrians in a hired van on London Bridge, before springing out and storming nearby pubs and restaurants, stabbing indiscriminately. […]
 
This is the third terror attack in the UK in three months following the car and knife attack in Westminster in March, which left five people dead, and the Manchester bombing less than two weeks ago, in which 22 people were killed. It is the third car and knife attack in the UK, the first being the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013.

• Mown down in the street: Scores are run over in ISIS van attack on Barcelona that killed THIRTEEN and injured more than 100 before suspect fled on foot ~

Another witness, Isaac, said: ‘The person was accelerating. He mounted the pavement to run people over. We saw the van passing by running people over at 50 miles an hour. It was as if it was driving through a field of corn.’

• Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Westminster Attack ~

A man identified by police as Khalid Masood ran his rented SUV into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge. Four people were killed. Masood was eventually shot and killed by police, but not before stabbing a police officer to death on the grounds of Parliament.

• Truck Rams Crowded German Christmas Market, Killing 12 ~

BERLIN (AP) (Dec. 2016) — A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 50 as it smashed through tables and wooden stands. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger died as paramedics were treating him.

• Terrorism Charges Filed Against Suspect in Deadly NY Islamic Terror Attack ~

(Oct. 31, 2017) According to many witnesses, Saipov shouted “Allahu Akbar” upon exiting a Home Depot rental truck after intentionally driving the wrong way on a busy bike lane near the World Trade Center — the site of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. After striking several people, witnesses say he “crashed deliberately into a school bus carrying at least three children,” CNBC reports.

And finally, yesterday ~
• A van speeds across Toronto sidewalks, leaving 10 pedestrians dead
 

Now, to be honest, this latest murder-by-vehicle in Canada is still under investigation ~ Motive Elusive After Van Driver Kills 10 on Toronto Sidewalk, but the “suspect” was clearly was inspired by all these other horrific attacks ~

TORONTO (AP) — Police in Canada’s biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack.
 
A 25-year-old suspect was quickly captured in a tense but brief confrontation with officers a few blocks away from where his van jumped the sidewalk Monday and continued for a mile, leaving people bloodied and dead in his wake. But authorities so far had not disclosed a possible motive or cause even as the police chief agreed with witnesses that it seemed intentional.

 
If nothing else, these tragic events – where some lunatic gets behind the wheel and mows down as many innocents as possible – are a stark illustration that banning guns is not the answer. Guns, bombs, knives, box cutters, rental vans… EVIL will always find a way.

 
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