Anyone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” in Venice will be shot by snipers, the city’s mayor has
threatened.
The right-wing mayor of the Italian city, Luigi Brugnaro, reportedly
made the threat at a conference in Rimini, who week after the Barcelona
terror attack and claimed: “Anyone who shouts Allahu Akbar in St Mark’s
Square can expect to be gunned down by snipers within four paces.”
Outlining his strategy to protect the popular tourist city from
similar terrorism attacks that have happened in London, Paris, Barcelona
and Nice, he continued: “We need to increase our security when it comes
to terrorism. We had four would be terrorists arrested in Venice a few
months ago who wanted to blow up the Rialto bridge.
“They said they wanted to go and meet Allah so we will send them
straight to Allah without having to throw them off the bridge, we will
just shoot them,” the Telegraph reported.
The mayor of Florence, Do Nardella was forced to apologise though,
when later at the same conference he burst into a room and yelled
“Allabu Akhar”. In a Facebook post, he insisted he hadn’t meant any
disrespect by the joke, writing: “I’m sorry for certain remarks which
were caught on video and published online.
“It was not my intention to offend anybody, least of all the Muslim
community. I did not intend to joke about their religion, nor evoke the
tragic events of recent days.”
“Allahu Akbar” is an Arabic phrase meaning “Allah is greater” but is
often translated as “God is great”. It is a commonly used phrase by
Muslims, though has garnered notoritry in the Western World for being
shouted by those commiting terror offenses.
13 people died and 130 were injured when a van crashed into a heavy
crowd in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona, which is popular with
tourists.
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