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A 29-year-old police officer died on Sunday after being repeatedly stabbed during an attack at an anti-Islam rally in Germany.

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[โ€“] Kaboom@reddthat.com 68 points 5 months ago (8 children)

This fails to mention the terrorist was a muslim.

[โ€“] CAVOK@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It also fails to mention that the organising group is far right. So maybe it evens out?

[โ€“] ByroTriz@lemmy.ml 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the officer was not killed by a protestor. If you read the title it seems that it was the group's fault

[โ€“] CAVOK@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Not to take any blame away from the terrorist, but this is what the organisers hope for.

And Putin is jumping with joy. Anything that divide us is good for him. Wouldn't surprise me if Russia funded the organisers.

[โ€“] WbrJr@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The german right wing Party AFD have or at least had connections and i think some payment with russia. Some oft thr AFD folks even got asked to come to russia as "democratic experts" for the last election.. Such a fucked up party

[โ€“] CAVOK@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

And people still vote for them. Infuriating.

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[โ€“] Duxon@feddit.de 7 points 5 months ago
[โ€“] barsoap@lemm.ee 26 points 5 months ago

They mentioned a possible Islamist motive. Which is an important distinction to make because the Westboro Baptist Church doing something is not the same as some random Christian doing something.

Also, you're reading France24. Sticking with state media, but this time German, DW has more:

Investigators earlier said the suspect was an Afghan citizen who had been resident in Germany for around a decade. He had no criminal record and had not come to law enforcement's attention in the past, they said.

The suspect was eventually shot by police. As of Saturday evening, he was alive but in the hospital and in no fit state to be interrogated, according to investigators. As a result, they said, his motives and the reason for his attack required further investigation.

[โ€“] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 15 points 5 months ago

I know he was a Muslim because otherwise he would have been called "mentally ill" rather than a terrorist.

[โ€“] mal3oon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At least they made sure to highlight the rally is anti-muslim. It's just funny following the reporting on the incident so far, as everyone saw the video, how obvious is the bias and tiptoeing around the fact that this was a religiously motivated attack against "anti-islam" activists. But due to the mental gymnastic that does not fit the narrative of doctors and engineers migrants.

[โ€“] footoro@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

The people the guy attacked were Nazis. They are not anti-Islam activists, they are Nazis. This is not an anti-Muslim rally, this is a Nazi rally.

Violence is always wrong, and so is your dogwhistling.

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[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 26 points 5 months ago (35 children)

Ah, another point for the religion of peace.

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[โ€“] Bremmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

That must have been the cop who tackled the wrong person. RIP

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