2023-10-16 22:06:17
By John Timsit
Published 5 hours ago, Updated 4 hours ago
Scientific police in the streets of Brussels, Monday evening, following the attack which left two dead. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Three days following the attack in Arras, which killed professor Dominique Bernard, Brussels was the target of an Islamist attack in its streets on Monday evening. Two Swedish people lost their lives there.
European solidarity. While France is still in shock from the terrorist attack in Arras (Pas-de-Calais) on Friday, which led to the death of Professor Dominique Bernard, it is Belgium and its capital which have been taken for targets. Monday evening, a man, whose terrorist motive is more than likely, shot in the streets of the city. He killed two Swedes and injured another. French political leaders quickly joined in the Belgians’ grief. Starting with the President of the Republic, during a visit to Tirana. “A few minutes ago, Brussels was hit once more by an Islamist terrorist attack», quickly reacted Emmanuel Macron, according to whom the “Europe is shaken up».
If the Head of State spoke in the name of France, the oppositions also shared their emotion. This is the case of his former RN opponent in the presidential election: Marine Le Pen. Taking a step back, the president of the RN group in the National Assembly indicated that “all his thoughts were with the victims, their families and loved ones, as well as the Belgian people and the Swedish people in this terrible ordeal.» His successor at the head of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, was on more political ground. More controversial. “Those in power who allowed soldiers of radical Islam to enter our lives on our continent will have to answer for their actions.», castigated the nationalist MEP. As for the president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti, he denounced a “terrorism (which) advances, threatens our values, our lives and those of our children.»
After refusing to qualify Hamas as a terrorist movement last week, the leader of LFI deputies Mathilde Panot brought her “affection» and expresses his “solidarity with the Belgian people struck by a terrorist act.» At the end of the evening, Jean-Luc Mélenchon expressed his “affection for the neighboring Belgian people and lifelong friends, for the unfortunate families of the Swedish victims». «How can such an assassin call himself a religion? he asked himself. The disgust is total whether you are a believer or an unbeliever. The punishment for this crime will come quickly, let us have no doubt.» For her part, the national secretary of EELV Marine Tondelier said “in shock of this tragedy» et «devastated to learn that terrorism has claimed new victims.» PS boss Olivier Faure also had “solidarity thoughts for Brussels in turn prey to Islamist fanaticism.» «Terrorism is the war of cowards», added the first secretary of the PS.
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