[Edit today we know that more than 100 are dead, including children, oh and it took police an hour to do sth, great!]
In case you don't know yet, hundreds of people were in a famous concert hall with their children when terrorists entered the building, killed security, went on a fucking stage and started to shoot at people. They threw grenades, set fire to the building. And it basically happened in Moscow.
At least 60 people died, more than 140 people are injured. One child died for now and lots of kids are still in the hospital with severe damage. We still don't know the exact numbers.
And it turns out that our government and some other kinda knew about some planning attacks. Which is absolutely great and cool and awesome.
Armed people are walking on city streets and nobody cares, they would certainly care if they saw a rainbow sign on someone, cause it's an absolutely valid reason to send special forces on them. But armed people? What harm might they cause
Goodnight indeed. My family and friends are safe, but we don't feel safe anymore.
Произошедшее в Крокус Сити Холле трудно недооценить. Пострадали и погибли невинные люди.
Это действительно ужасное и болезненное событие, которое касается каждого. Это вызывает ужас и боль. Я нахожусь далеко от места теракта, но это нисколько не уменьшает моих душевных переживаний.
Хочется выразить соболезнования пострадавшим, их семьям и семьям погибших, а так же каждому, кто каким-то образом от этого пострадал.
А так же призвать людей быть бдительными и осторожными. Помните, что это может произойти где угодно и с каждым из нас.
Sources/places that have of uncensored footage from the Oct. 7th attack. For anyone who needs a reality check or needs to smack someone with a reality check.
THIS FOOTAGE IS UNCENSORED AND HIGHLY DISTURBING BUT IMPORTANT TO HISTORY. I HAVE WATCHED A LARGE COMPILATION AND IT STILL RUNS THROUGH MY MIND ALL DAY.
https://www.october7thattack.com/
https://oct7th.org/
https://www.hamasvideo.com/
https://theworldwatch.com/tags/hamas/
https://www.hamas-massacre.net/
I will be reblogging with more sources on information involving this situation -
[the moment explosions rocked the Iranian city of Kerman where mourners gathered to commemorate the 4th martyrdom anniversary of Gen. Soleimani]
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💥EXPLOSIONS ROCK KERMAN, IRAN, THE BURIAL SITE OF QASSAM SOLEIMANI ON ANNIVERSARY OF ASSASSINATION💥
Explosions rocked the burial site of assassinated Iranian General Qassam Soleimani on the anniversary of his assassination by the United States Wednesday.
According to reports, upwards of 103 were killed and another 141 wounded in Kerman, Iran when two explosions rocked a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of Qassam Soleimani's assassination by U.S. forces.
Medical sources said they expect the death toll to rise as ambulance services transported the dead and wounded to hospital, with the Deputy head of Iran's emergency services, Babak Yektaparast, emphasizing that many of the injured are in critical condition.
Iranian State-News service IRNA said the first explosion occured about 700 meters from Soleimani's burial site, while a second explosion occured about a kilometer away.
Tasnim news agency is reporting that two bags loaded with explosives were remotely detonated, causing the explosions.
The first explosion took place at approximately 2:50pm local time, with the second explosion taking place roughly 10 minutes later.
Iran's Red Crescent Society announced three of their rescue personnel were killed in the second explosion. Some were also injured when the crowd rushed to escape after the explosions.
In response to the explosions, Iran's Minister of the Interior, Ahmad Vahidi the Iranian News Network that a "crushing" response will soon be given to the culprits.
On Friday October 16th, 2020, history and geography teacher Samuel Party, who taught in the suburbs of Paris, was assassinated by a radical islamist.
Today, on Friday October 13th, 2023, a professor was killed in the northern city of Arras in France. His name was Dominique Bernard, he was a French teacher. The profile of his killer is oddly similar to Samuel Paty's murderer. The main difference is that this French teacher was not specifically targeted. However, it seems the attacker actually was looking for a history and geography teacher (according to an interview on BFMTV related in an article of The Guardian).
Even without the similarities that are probably not completely coincidental, the timing of the attack is just... God. 3 years, nearly to the day. Some say it might also be linked to the current situation in Israel-Palestine, and while I have a hard time seeing a direct link, I can't deny it may have been a spark. (Some part of me can't help but wonder if there is also a linked with Friday November 13th, 2015.)
I just... Fuck. Samuel Paty's assassination affected me in the way that the previous islamist terrorist attacks in France (including those of 2015) just didn't. Part of it was probably because I was older and I actually let myself be affected instead of protecting myself by being emotionally distant. But the main reason is that I couldn't help thinking of the history teacher that I had when the 2015 attacks happened. I was thinking of all of my teachers, especially those I had admired and respected, and this one man in particular. I remembered the way he had talked about those attacks with us, the way he was always careful to be as neutral as possible while making us think, even debate. I remembered him teaching us, both years. I remembered feeling at 12 y.o. that I was finally learning and understanding the way the world around me worked. I remembered that he had been serious and yet fun, an authority figure yet someone that was friendly instead of distant. I remembered that he wanted us to learn, not just facts (though it is important to always have context) but also to think critically, to analyse, those skills that are so essentials for future citizens who will one day be called to cast their ballots.
And upon learning of the attack on Saturday 17th, I thought that instead of Samuel Paty, it could very well have been him.
God, there's a lot of problems with the education system in France. And the worst thing about that, is that teachers are not responsible for most of these problems, yet they're always the scapegoats for everyone's anger, and the ones expected to fix every single problem even though they really can't. Not every teacher is perfect or even good, far from it : but I have had good teachers. Every single year I had good teachers. Some were more memorable than others, more passionate or eccentric, more inspiring; but as a rule they were good, and I really respected them as people. In the end, I remember those good teachers much more than those who were not really fit to teach.
I respect them for being teachers, when they got so much shit from the students, the parents, and even their hierarchy. Today, anyone becoming a teacher in France is not in it for the lousy pay or the difficult work conditions : they become teachers because they actually want to teach. And as someone who chose not to go down that road because I never thought I was strong enough to deal with all that, I really admire all my classmates who do want to become teachers.
So I hate this. I hate that teachers are being targeted for doing their fucking job and teaching.
I'm French, damnit. And because my teachers were good, because the history teacher I had in 2015 was good, I trust the values I've been taught are ours. "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité". Freedom of opinion, expression, press, association, consciousness, religion. Justice, tolerance. Democracy. The values and ideas of the Enlightenment which inspired the French Revolution. The light of knowledge and reason driving away the darkness of ignorance, prejudice and superstition.
Those are the ideas I trust, and school is not only any institution passing down those values, it also embodies many of them. As such, teachers, in particular history and geography teachers who are the ones tasked to teach about our history and values, are, in a way, a symbol; a living representation of those values.
So it's just horrifying that teachers have been targeted, when they're, in general, just good people doing a job disregarded by so many people, when they get so much shit from everyone and so little rewards.
‼️🏴🔞 De nouvelles images de l'attaque de Crocus en Russie.
Au début de la vidéo, les gens marchent à un rythme rapide, dès que les terroristes approchent et que les tirs s'intensifient, tout le monde se met à courir en panique, quelqu'un essaie de construire des barricades.
The picture is quoting Imam Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, and the quote is from the message that was issued by him after the Iranian embassy was attacked. And this is the quote from the picture:
We will make them regret
The evil Zionist regime will be punished by our courageous men. We will make them regret this and other crimes like it, by God's power and strength.
Hey, friends, I think everyone knows that war, terrorist attacks and murder in general are bad. Yesterday in Moscow there was a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. I sincerely express my condolences to everyone who suffered.