Posted on Dec 27, 2016
Polish truck driver shot long before Berlin attack: report - One America News Network
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This story reminded me that sometimes ordinary people are willing to do what it takes to thwart terrorists from executing their terrorism. We tend to remember the heroism of the passengers of United Airlines flight 93 which stormed the cabin which caused the al Qaeda terrorists to crash the plane near Indian Lake and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Polish Truck driver Lukasz Urban suffered knife wounds and a gun shot wound to the head as he tried to wrestle control of the truck from Anis Amri in Berlin on December 20.
Kudos to Lukasz Urban!
Image: Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
December 27, 2016
"Polish Truck Driver Shot Long Before Berlin Attack: Report
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Polish truck driver whose hijacked vehicle was used to crash into a Berlin Christmas market was shot in the head several hours before the attack and could not have attempted to foil it as previously thought, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper quoted a confidential coroners report that said driver Lukasz Urban, 37, had suffered not only knife wounds in a battle in the truck cabin but also a gun shot wound to the head some 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours before the 8 p.m. attack.
There was no confirmation to the Bild report available.
A total of 12 people were killed in the attack last Monday. The Tunisian assailant, 24-year-old Anis Amri, was shot dead by Italian police in shootout on Friday after a European-wide manhunt. In a video released after his death, he is seen pledging his allegiance to militant group Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The Berlin state interior minister Andreas Geisel had said on Friday that Urban had “quite probably” tried to disrupt the attack by seizing control of the steering wheel before being shot in the head after the truck veered to the left. It came to a halt after driving for just 60 meters into the market that extended more than 400 meters, averting further deaths.
This helped start a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $170,000 for the family of Urban. The campaign was started by British truck driver Dave Duncan a day after the assailant attacked Lukasz and hijacked his truck.
Polish Truck driver Lukasz Urban suffered knife wounds and a gun shot wound to the head as he tried to wrestle control of the truck from Anis Amri in Berlin on December 20.
Kudos to Lukasz Urban!
Image: Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
December 27, 2016
"Polish Truck Driver Shot Long Before Berlin Attack: Report
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Polish truck driver whose hijacked vehicle was used to crash into a Berlin Christmas market was shot in the head several hours before the attack and could not have attempted to foil it as previously thought, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper quoted a confidential coroners report that said driver Lukasz Urban, 37, had suffered not only knife wounds in a battle in the truck cabin but also a gun shot wound to the head some 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours before the 8 p.m. attack.
There was no confirmation to the Bild report available.
A total of 12 people were killed in the attack last Monday. The Tunisian assailant, 24-year-old Anis Amri, was shot dead by Italian police in shootout on Friday after a European-wide manhunt. In a video released after his death, he is seen pledging his allegiance to militant group Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The Berlin state interior minister Andreas Geisel had said on Friday that Urban had “quite probably” tried to disrupt the attack by seizing control of the steering wheel before being shot in the head after the truck veered to the left. It came to a halt after driving for just 60 meters into the market that extended more than 400 meters, averting further deaths.
This helped start a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $170,000 for the family of Urban. The campaign was started by British truck driver Dave Duncan a day after the assailant attacked Lukasz and hijacked his truck.
Polish truck driver shot long before Berlin attack: report - One America News Network
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this is what a Lot of Intel Nets were reporting before it was ever released... the Truck was Hijacked... and used as a weapon of destruction... this is going to be the way many of the terrorists are going to act from Now on
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
SFC George Smith It is, sadly, a good tactic. From a logistical stand point, it requires no prior staging. Find a truck that will serve the purpose, hijack the truck, and act. If the terrorist is careful, no red flags are set off prior. It doesn't require a large network, specialized training, or other activities which might leave a paper trail, or set off government red flags. Anti Terrorism Authorities don't know it is happening until the event starts. It inflicts sheer terror. Driving a vehicle through a crowded market, causes instant panic, panic leads to people fleeing as fast as they can. Fleeing leads to people being trampled. So you have the truck running people over, and you have people running each other over. The attack is over quickly. One pass through the crowd is all it takes to cause the panic and chaos that is at the heart of terrorism. The terrorist can even blend into the panicked mob and escape if they are not trying to become a martyr. That is what scares me about it is that it is a weapon for which there is no preparation.
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Thank you for the post LTC.
Notice how 13 individuals were murdered and their families effected. The cost to security to investigate and find the warrior for Allah. Multiply this example by a 1000, or 10,000.
Now, we can see why chaos brings change. In this above example, we see how loss of liberties and a larger central government happens with allowing open borders. A planned attack on the citizens and culture of name your country.
The same thing is happening here. Except, it involves illegal aliens from south of the border and B. Hussein's ME refugees. Should we prepare for chaos from our elected leaders failed leadership?
M. Morris RVT
Notice how 13 individuals were murdered and their families effected. The cost to security to investigate and find the warrior for Allah. Multiply this example by a 1000, or 10,000.
Now, we can see why chaos brings change. In this above example, we see how loss of liberties and a larger central government happens with allowing open borders. A planned attack on the citizens and culture of name your country.
The same thing is happening here. Except, it involves illegal aliens from south of the border and B. Hussein's ME refugees. Should we prepare for chaos from our elected leaders failed leadership?
M. Morris RVT
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LTC Stephen F.
Cpl Mark A. Morris I hope that we do not experience the hijacking of trucks, trains or anything else in this nation by terrorists.
We generally don't know what we are protected from by our security forces in this nation.
We generally don't know what we are protected from by our security forces in this nation.
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LTC Stephen F. That means that the truck driver tried to stop the attack before the attacker retrieved his weapon of choice. We will never know if he knew the terrorists intent when the truck was stolen. Whether he died hours before or during the attack, he tried to stop that attacker and paid for his attempt with his life. Eye on the big picture, his death as with the others who died in the market is a tragic waste of human life. The German legal system failed all the victims. This creature should have been in prison waiting deportation. Instead he killed a man, stole his truck, and used the truck as a battering ram.
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