A few days ago a Nigerian migrant attacked policemen on the platform of a railway station in the town of Busto Arsizio in northern Italy. The “youth” was carrying a hammer and a large knife, yet somehow the Carabinieri managed to disarm him without anyone getting hurt.
The knife shown in this footage is kind of shaped like a dagger, but is much larger — 30 cm (12″). I don’t know what this type of knife is commonly called.
Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:02 | Drop it! Drop it! Drop it! Drop it! | |
| 00:05 | Put it down! Put it down! Put it down! Put it down! | |
| 00:12 | These are the exclusive images documenting moments of high tension that occurred yesterday | |
| 00:16 | around noon at the train station of Busto Arsizio, taken by a passenger | |
| 00:19 | on board the train from which the man had just alighted. | |
| 00:22 | He is a 20-year-old Nigerian brandishing a 30cm weapon and a hammer, dressed in camouflage, | |
| 00:27 | objects that he had stolen the previous evening from a shop in Varese. | |
| 00:31 | The Carabinieri coolly confronted him and instructed him to put down the weapons. | |
| 00:35 | remaining at a safe distance gripping their night sticks. | |
| 00:38 | They then ordered the train conductor to get the convoy going to free the area. | |
| 00:41 | Get the train going! Off you go! | |
| 00:44 | The man is evidently in a confused state. Fortunately, the sidewalk is deserted. | |
| 00:49 | The military follows him to the end of the platform. The chase continues into the woods. | |
| 00:53 | A police patrol arrests him later. | |
| 00:56 | Also in this case, the 20-year-old asylum seeker attacks the agents with his weapon. | |
| 01:00 | Only one year in Italy, he was charged for threats, possession of (cutting) weapons and drugs. | |
| 01:04 | This morning he was processed in Busto Arsizio. | |
| 01:08 | The courage and alertness of the police prevented the episode from becoming a tragedy. |
Oddly enough the dagger looks like a Nazi era Luftwaffe dagger.
Fortunately, cops in the US would just kill him.
Like Takuan Seiyo said.
Takuan? It’s a while since he was here; I miss his erudition, while understanding why he was banned.
He was NOT banned. He chose to stop submitting material because he did not approve of our policies concerning certain comments.
I’d be delighted to have him back, but I can’t allow someone besides Dymphna and me to control comment policies.
looks a medieval dagger