Germans Debate Use of Force against Jihadists
by Soeren Kern
July 24, 2016 at 5:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8528/germany-wurzburg-attack-jihad "I am a soldier of the Caliphate and am launching a martyrdom operation in Germany. ... I have lived among you, lived in your homes. I planned this in your own land. And I will slaughter you in your own homes and in the streets. ... I will slaughter you with this knife and sever your necks with an axe, if Allah permits. " – Germany's axe-attacker, in an Islamic State video.
"Künast should not be watching so many bad movies. Who would believe that if someone attacks the police with an axe and a knife, the police are supposed to shoot the axe out of the attacker's hands? That is really clueless and stupid. If police officers are attacked in this manner, they will not engage in Kung Fu. Unfortunately, it sometimes ends in the death of the perpetrator. This will not change." – Rainer Wendt, Chairman of the German Police Union.
The Bavarian Criminal Police Office has now launched an internal investigation to determine if police were justified in shooting a jihadist.
