{"id":22486,"date":"2011-03-04T09:12:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22486"},"modified":"2011-03-04T10:04:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T14:04:27","slug":"22486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22486","title":{"rendered":"The shooting in Frankfurt; updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> reports some of the details from the shooting of four airmen at Terminal 2 at Frankfurt, Germany’s airport by a terrorist gunman from Kosovo;<\/p>\n

When he saw the bus clearly marked as U.S. Airforce parked outside Terminal 2, he approached an airman outside and, under the pretext of asking for a cigarette, asked if the servicemen were on their way to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“When he said yes, he shot the 25-year-old serviceman from behind in the head,” Griesbaum said.<\/p>\n

Uka then stormed onto the bus carrying 15 other airmen, yelling “Allah Akbar!” — Arabic for “God is great!” — and shot the driver in the head, killing him as well, Griesbaum said.<\/p>\n

He then shot a 25-year-old airman who was sitting on the bus twice, and then turned his gun on another airman, 21 and fired once, injuring both of them, Griesbaum said.<\/p>\n

“Then he tried to shoot a 22-year-old,” Griesbaum said. “He pointed his pistol at his head and pulled the trigger twice, but the pistol jammed and no shots came out.”<\/p>\n

Even though there were still six shots in the magazine, the jam prevented any further firing and Uka fled the bus.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stars & Stripes<\/a> names 3 of the the victims;<\/p>\n

* Senior Airman Nicholas Alden, 25, of Williamston, S.C., assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron at RAF Lakenheath in Britain.
\n * Airman 1st Class Zachary Cuddeback, 21, of Stanardsville, Va., the bus driver, assigned to the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron at Germany\u2019s Ramstein Air Base.<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Kristoffer Schneider, 25, of Irwin, Pa., was wounded and is in stable condition at a German hospital, according to his father, Kenneth Schneider, who talked to Stars and Stripes on Thursday.
\nThe fourth victim has not been named.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing says unarmed US troops like a Blue Bird bus in Germany, and Stars & Stripes<\/a> discusses that with the troops;<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe they would send the guys out like that, on a marked bus, make them stick out like a sore thumb, make them targets,\u201d said Kenneth Schneider, the father of one of the wounded airmen, Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristoffer Schneider, 25. \u201cIf they\u2019re going to do that, at least let them be armed. Give them a fighting chance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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