Friday, January 09, 2015
Elder of ZiyonAt least two people have been killed in a shooting at a kosher grocery in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris according to a police officer at the scene who spoke to the BBC.
However, there were conflicting reports and Bernard Cazeneuve, the French interior minister, has denied that there are any casualties at this stage.
France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor earlier confirmed that an armed man had taken at least five people hostage in the grocery, which is called Hyper Cacher. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that police have blocked off the roads near the shop, and have surrounded the building. Nearby schools have been put into lockdown.
I'm not going to liveblog the horrible events going on in Paris at this moment. But here are some tweets I wrote, or retweeted, or responded to that have been getting attention:
Google streetview of Hypercacher supermarket pic.twitter.com/CntRl17Qx0
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 9, 2015
. @KenRoth and @HRW call to "guard against backlash against French Muslims." When will they demand protection for French Jews?
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 9, 2015
I hope the media doesn't publish photos of kosher food to further inflame the situation @JeffreyGoldberg
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 9, 2015
For the security and safety of customers and employees, supermarkets must stop selling kosher food #MediaLogic h/t @TheAnorak
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 9, 2015
Will @AliAbunimah say that kugel and challah may have driven Muslims to murder? pic.twitter.com/09ZaA56igz
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 9, 2015
@elderofziyon @Yair_Rosenberg:Jews existing and keeping kosher offends the terrorists' sensibilities. They should have been less provocative
— Diana Muir Appelbaum (@DMAppelbaum) January 9, 2015
No, @clancycnn thinks that all news coverage of the hostage situation is "hasbara" @CygnusA81 @TheAnorak
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) January 9, 2015
Also see this from MEMRI:
UPDATE: From early reports, it looks like both hostage situations ended as well as could be hoped.
