24/11/2015: 'Hostage situation' in northern France - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Hostage situation in French town of Roubaix, near Belgium, with several people hurt by gunshots, media reports say[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34917226[/url] The story just broke. Here we go again!

here we go again

great more terries acting froggy

Please don't make all of these things a regular thing for france

[QUOTE=gee;49179410]great more terries acting froggy[/QUOTE] that is a shit attempt at being funny [editline]24th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Shotz;49179421]Please don't make all of these things a regular thing for france[/QUOTE] Its most likely the same people doing it.

iirc there was another attack being planned that a police raid supposedly stopped. Maybe they managed plan a similar attack despite many of the organizers being caught/killed.

Apparently they took a family in hostage. :-(

La Voix du Nord newspaper says the hostage takers are armed with Kalashnikovs.

Sources to Le Figaro say, it's a banker and his family who are taken as hostages near a gas station. [URL="http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/prise-d-otages-en-cours-a-roubaix-des-tirs-entendus-ia50b12891n943609"]Local Medias[/URL] are reporting unconfirmed information about it's just a robbery.

oh no

See you guys on page 100.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aj731bB.png[/IMG] at least they're transparently shallow in their reporting

Any chance this is completely unrelated to Islamic terrorism? If this happened in America I wouldn't assume it is (we had a hostage-taking last week that was just a carjacking gone wrong), but I don't know how it is in France.

The news is just so excited to post news on the next mass murder by ISIS aren't they

[QUOTE=gman003-main;49179505]Any chance this is completely unrelated to Islamic terrorism? If this happened in America I wouldn't assume it is (we had a hostage-taking last week that was just a carjacking gone wrong), but I don't know how it is in France.[/QUOTE] As above, it was 'just' a bank robbery. I hope everything gets resolved soon, though.

[QUOTE=CB-COMINatCHA;49179480][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aj731bB.png[/IMG] at least they're transparently shallow in their reporting[/QUOTE] Oh well move along then, nothing of importance here.

Sounds like a really foolish time to do plan a bank heist....

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;49179777]Sounds like a really foolish time to do plan a bank heist....[/QUOTE] Not really, I think they were hoping it would be flagged as islamic terrorism and hoped nobody would suspect them.

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;49179798]Not really, I think they were hoping it would be flagged as islamic terrorism and hoped nobody would suspect them.[/QUOTE] sounds like a better way to get more armed response

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;49179798]Not really, I think they were hoping it would be flagged as islamic terrorism and hoped nobody would suspect them.[/QUOTE] that seems like it would warrant special forces coming after them rather than just police

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;49179777]Sounds like a really foolish time to do plan a bank heist....[/QUOTE] idk if you wave an isis flag on your way out of the bank the terrorists might provide covering fire before they realize something's not quite right

[QUOTE=CB-COMINatCHA;49179480][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aj731bB.png[/IMG] at least they're transparently shallow in their reporting[/QUOTE] Are the robbers immigrants? have they at least eaten a kebab before?

[QUOTE]Roubaix[/QUOTE] How novel and unexpected. Call me when shit isn't going down in Roubaix.

Well I'm relieved this wasn't a major incident, certainly not after what we've seen recently. Good job by police on sorting it out quickly.

hostages are apparently now safe

[QUOTE=CB-COMINatCHA;49179480][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aj731bB.png[/IMG] at least they're transparently shallow in their reporting[/QUOTE] They only report on stuff related to 'global conflicts' [img]http://i.imgur.com/UsspRO0.png[/img]

Why on earth would you attempt an armed bank robbery in France now.

[QUOTE=CB-COMINatCHA;49179480][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aj731bB.png[/IMG] at least they're transparently shallow in their reporting[/QUOTE] Wow. Show's over folks, it's just a bank robbery and hostages related to it, not terrorism. Let's go back to talking about celebrities

[QUOTE=TheTalon;49183181]Wow. Show's over folks, it's just a bank robbery and hostages related to it, not terrorism. Let's go back to talking about celebrities[/QUOTE] Good job reading the thread. That Twitter account is based on "global conflicts" and a bank robbery affecting only France isn't global.

[QUOTE=Banned?;49183195]Good job reading the thread. That Twitter account is based on "global conflicts" and a bank robbery affecting only France isn't global.[/QUOTE] No but Kaley Cocou is getting rid of her tattoo! That affects us all