 | | | 
25.11.2020, 07:42
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | | We are in Switzerland, every Swiss has a knife!
Tom | | | | | I always used to carry a swiss army knife for general purpose but found it bulky and i never used 99% of the things on it..
I always have a nice spyderco with me now, much slimmer, much more useful and i can even shave with it if i suddenly need to.
| This user would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
25.11.2020, 07:58
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lugano
Posts: 33,305
Groaned at 2,794 Times in 1,962 Posts
Thanked 40,584 Times in 19,141 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | | I always used to carry a swiss army knife for general purpose but found it bulky and i never used 99% of the things on it.. | | | | | I have a belt pouch, and regularly use everything on it, though mostly the big blade, flat and philips screwdrivers, bottle opener, corkscrew, and toothpick.
Tom
| 
25.11.2020, 11:13
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Suhr, Aargau
Posts: 5,303
Groaned at 103 Times in 94 Posts
Thanked 7,755 Times in 3,644 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | It happens, even suicide bombings, but attacks by women are less frequent.
Why Manor? Why other women, impure or random ones? Something related to the burka ban in TI? The police will come back with some interesting answers. It's not the first time not-so-bright rules attract not-so-bright people https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/protest...r-ban/42268070
Once I heard a story about burkas in Ticino and tourists, not sure how much truth or lies about it. . There was no problem with tourists because they're used to follow laws in their homeplace (i.e. obey to men). So, if they're told burkas are not allowed by law they comply. The issues are with the local ones.
Last edited by Axa; 25.11.2020 at 11:27.
Reason: added the 2016 link to news
| This user would like to thank Axa for this useful post: | | 
25.11.2020, 12:53
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 12,278
Groaned at 689 Times in 579 Posts
Thanked 23,629 Times in 12,387 Posts
| | Terror in Lugano?
A woman with “jihadist background” has attacked two shoppers in the Swiss city of Lugano on Tuesday evening, local police report.
Two women were injured in the attack. One sustained serious, but not life-threatening injuries, while the other received only minor injuries.
The attacker, a 28-year-old Swiss female, brandished a serrated knife in a department store. A member of the public was able to pacify her until police could arrive and arrest her, police said.
Unfortunate when the global number of deaths relating to terrorism has fallen by 59 percent since 2014, according to findings by the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).
| 
25.11.2020, 13:16
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lugano
Posts: 33,305
Groaned at 2,794 Times in 1,962 Posts
Thanked 40,584 Times in 19,141 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*)
“The woman was suffering from mental health problems at this time. After returning to Switzerland, she was admitted to a psychiatric clinic,” Fedpol said, adding that she had not come to Fedpol's attention in any terror-related investigation since 2017. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-p...ttack/46182782
Tom
| This user would like to thank st2lemans for this useful post: | | 
25.11.2020, 16:00
| Member | | Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ticino
Posts: 109
Groaned at 2 Times in 1 Post
Thanked 51 Times in 30 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | |
Once I heard a story about burkas in Ticino and tourists, not sure how much truth or lies about it. . There was no problem with tourists because they're used to follow laws in their homeplace (i.e. obey to men). So, if they're told burkas are not allowed by law they comply. The issues are with the local ones.
| | | | |
Hard to imagine how they'd enforce a burka ban with everyone wearing masks!
| This user would like to thank Carolyn7 for this useful post: | | 
25.11.2020, 16:11
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Suhr, Aargau
Posts: 5,303
Groaned at 103 Times in 94 Posts
Thanked 7,755 Times in 3,644 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | | Hard to imagine how they'd enforce a burka ban with everyone wearing masks! | | | | | The ban on covering faces (AKA burka ban) started on TI on mid 2016. I remember reading somewhere most of the fines went to football fans and not to women wearing burkas. Also, a ridiculously amount of fines per year (<10) compared to the requests by the police to take the face cover off and people complied.
Of course, that was before 2020.
| This user would like to thank Axa for this useful post: | | 
26.11.2020, 08:17
|  | Mod, Chips and Mushy Peas | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Albisrieden
Posts: 5,528
Groaned at 170 Times in 106 Posts
Thanked 9,026 Times in 3,359 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | | Law needs to come hard on such people. | | | | | Oooh! Matron!
| 
26.11.2020, 09:12
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Bern
Posts: 2,744
Groaned at 493 Times in 325 Posts
Thanked 6,125 Times in 2,184 Posts
| | Re: A knife or axe attack just happened in (*fill in the blank*) | Quote: | |  | | | “The woman was suffering from mental health problems at this time. After returning to Switzerland, she was admitted to a psychiatric clinic,” Fedpol said, adding that she had not come to Fedpol's attention in any terror-related investigation since 2017. | | | | | If only all religious extremists were thrown in the mad house ... most people with murderous rage & imaginary friends are.
| 
25.01.2023, 20:10
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Zurich area
Posts: 13,589
Groaned at 106 Times in 96 Posts
Thanked 21,112 Times in 9,281 Posts
| | In a train between Kiel and Hamburg
In a train between Kiel and Hamburg.
In a knife attack in a regional train, two person died, seven injured. The attacker is in police custody and his identity known. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama...-zug-1.5739088 |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT +2. The time now is 21:11. | |