Terrible news:
Two US airmen have been shot dead and two wounded at Frankfurt airport.
The gunman, believed to be from Kosovo, opened fire on a bus containing US airmen in front of Terminal 2. The bus driver and a passenger were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Police said it appeared an argument had broken out on board the bus before the suspect opened fire. The dead soldier was found outside the bus, which had a US government licence plate marked “AF”, for air force.
The two injured had been shot in the head and chest, police said. The gunman fled from the scene and a suspect was arrested inside the terminal shortly afterwards.
Police would not give out any information on the suspect, but Kosovo said he was one of its citizens.
Kosovo’s interior minister, Bajram Rexhepi, said German police had identified the suspect as 21-year-old Arif Uka, from the northern town of Mitrovica.
“This is a devastating and a tragic event,” Rexhepi said. “We are trying to find out was this something that was organised or what was the nature of the attack.”
The Pentagon and the US air force had no immediate information on the incident.
More at The Guardian.
Since this shooting cannot be an incident of terrorism, perhaps the shooter was influenced by right wing hate groups?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusejust out of curiosity - it seems from the story that the shooter was totally unrelated to the people on the bus. What is the point of saying that it appeared an argument had broken out on the bus? Isn't that kind of like writing "it appeared that one of the soldiers had been munching on a piece of beef jerky?" I know that's nitpicking, but it seemed like strange writing. Was the suspect on the bus? Involved in the argument?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAnother article from the Daily Mall says the gunman was shouting Islamic slogans before and during the attack. As Officer Barbrady and Baghdad Bob say, "Move along folks. Nothing to see here."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseA lot of good our involvement in Kosovo did.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe suggestion is that he was hidden aboard the bus before the servicemen (and women, it is presumed) boarded it, and then attacked from within. The Islamic aspect of this will be made clear by the Germans, who will be striving to show it was no German who launched this attack at the airport that brings the majority of American tourists to Germany.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIngrates.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWith a name like "Arif Uka", you just know it had to be the JOOOOOOOOOS!
The dude was likely radio-controlled by the Mossad, like those sharks off Sharm El Sheikh.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe justification for offending Russia (thus undermining Yeltsin and democracy in Russia) and helping Kosovo against Serbia was that if we didn't, Muslims would hate us. Doesn't seem to have worked out.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseStill got troops in Germany eh?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe media is going to brush off any Muslim connection..he'll simply be characterized as an extremist.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseVandelay - perhaps you didn't notice that we support our operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (among many places) from bases in Germany.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhy doesn't this account mention that the gunman yelled ''Allah Akhbar'' as he shot. Even the NYTimes online said he shouted ''God is Great, in Arabic.''
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDas Germany has death penalty to kill this guy...
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