French Muslim man has to be held back by security as he lunges at the mayor of Paris and accuses her of pandering to Islamic extremists in the wake of the terror attacks in the city…”‘I was a Muslim, I’m not anymore. I’m ashamed.’ “
The man, identified as Farod Smahi, was restrained as he went for Anne Hidalgo
He denounces his old faith, calls politicians ‘criminals’ for pandering to Muslims
It comes after ISIS Karim Cheurfi shot policeman Xavier Jugele on Thursday
The country will hold the first round of its presidential elections tomorrow
By PADDY DINHAM
DailyMail.com
22 April 2017
A French Muslim man had to be held back by security staff after he attempted to lunge at the mayor of Paris.
The man, who has been identified as former regional councillor Farod Smahi, had to be hauled away from Anne Hidalgo yesterday as she left the Marks & Spencer store where terrorist Karim Cheurfi was gunned down by police on Thursday night.
Cheurfi, 39, drove his silver Audi on to the Champs Elysee, the most famous street in the French capital, and ‘targeted’ officers using a Kalashnikov on Thursday night.
The ISIS fanatic killed 37-year-old policeman Xavier Jugele as he sat in a patrol van at a red light and hit another police officer in the chest, but he survived because he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
Cheurfi then tried to run away with his rifle and wounded a third officer before being gunned down near a Marks & Spencer store on the world-famous avenue.
Mr Smahi claimed that terrorism had not been discussed during debates for the upcoming Presidential election until Thursday’s attack, and accused Ms Hidalgo of only coming to the Champs Elysee as a publicity stunt.
In particular, he vocally slammed France’s controversial ‘S-Card’ system, which is designed to flag up individuals who pose a potential terror threat but has been widely criticised for its ineffectiveness.
He said, ‘Not one candidate spoke about the dead in Nice, the Bataclan, and still it continues.
‘But now, yesterday, they all opened their big mouths. It’s because they’re pandering to the Muslims of France.
‘I was a Muslim, I’m not anymore. I’m ashamed.’
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