US Airmen Shot @ Frankfurt Airport just now

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  • Xobeloot
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    • Jan 2008
    • 2542

    US Airmen Shot @ Frankfurt Airport just now

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe...ex.html?hpt=T1

    (CNN) -- Two people were shot and killed Wednesday in an incident involving a U.S. military bus at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, a police spokesman said.

    Another person is severely wounded, Juergen Linker told CNN, and one person is in custody.

    A U.S. military official said initial reports were that two people had been killed, including the driver of the bus.

    It is not clear if the driver was German or American, or military or civilian.

    Two others are wounded, said the source, who is not authorized to speak publicly about the incident.

    The troops killed and injured are U.S. Air Force airmen from Lakenheath base in the United Kingdom, the U.S. official said, emphasizing that the information was only preliminary.

    They were security forces on their way to a deployment, the source added without saying where they were heading.

    They were flying commercial, according to the source.

    It's believed the German police have a young Kosovo national in custody, the U.S. official said.

    The U.S. military base at Ramstein, Germany, regularly runs shuttles to Frankfurt for commercial flights.
  • sgreger1
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    • Mar 2009
    • 9451

    #2
    Holy shit, any follow up to this? I wonder what that was all about, some dude just popped the driver and a few soldiers?

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    • Xobeloot
      Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 2542

      #3
      Haven't looked today. THe news last night was saying there was some sort of verbal dispute followed by the guy going onto the bus and unloading.

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      • BNSFsnusHauler
        Member
        • Jan 2011
        • 542

        #4
        N.Y. Times calls the offender "gunman" but later in the article they refer to witnesses who hat heard the bastard shouting Allah uh akbar - god is great! So maybe another "home grown terrorist".

        http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/wo...t.html?_r=2&hp

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