Here we go again.
Six French military officers were wounded on August 9 when a driver seemingly deliberately plowed into them in the Paris suburb Levallois-Perret.
The officers are members of Opération Sentinelle, whose very job is to protect French citizens from the terrorist threat.
At publication time French authorities had not said who was behind the attack but given recent experiences in France, Germany and Israel it seems almost inevitable this was the work of an Islamist terrorist.
Here’s a brief timeline of recent terror attacks in France:
- June 19, 2017 – Car ramming on Champs-Élysées accompanied by planned shooting and bombing
- June 6, 2017 – Self-professed “soldier of the caliphate” attacks police officer with a hammer by Notre Dame
- April 20, 2017 – ISIS claims responsibility for shooting attack on Champs-Élysées
- March 18, 2017 – Police officer shot and injured in Paris suburb Garges-les-Gonesse
- February 3, 2017 Man shouting “Allahu akbar” wielding machete attempts to enter Louvre
- 2016 – At least 11 terror attacks including:
- July 14, 2016 – 86 people killed and 434 wounded when cargo truck drives throughBastille Day crowds in Nice
- November 13-14, 2015 – 130 dead and 368 wounded in wave of attacks including at Bataclan concert venue and outside Stade de France soccer stadium
- January 7-9, 2015 – 17 killed and 22 injured in attacks on Charlie Hebdo offices and Hypercacher market
Via Clarion Project