So they were aware that one of their own people had just been butchered and left it to the police to arrive fifteen minutes later. I can understand rules are rules and they wouldn't perhaps have known whether the men had guns or not. All the same it sounds a bit cowardly. I'd have expected a hundred soldiers -armed or unarmed - to come running out of the barracks and confront the killers . The woman who jumped off the bus to give assistance and then remonstrated with the murderers had more guts. (Having said that , I don't know how much of a hero I would be myself in the same situation !)


There was a possible copycat attack in Paris today , according to Rte News. "A French soldier patrolling a business neighbourhood west of Paris has been stabbed in the neck and injured by a man who fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said."


http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0525/452666-french-soldier-injured-in-paris-knife-attack/