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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArmed robbers try to rob McDonald's full of Special Forces members
Two armed robbers entered a McDonalds in France on Sunday night and expected to leave with a load of money. Instead, they ended up at the hospital after 11 Special Forces members, who were eating at the restaurant, intervened.
The robbery occurred on Sunday night in Besancon, France, when the two armed robbers, both in their early 20s, entered the establishment and fired a shotgun in the air, The Telegraph reports. Unbeknownst to them, 11 of the 40 patrons in the restaurant were off-duty members of the French parliamentary Special Forces known as among the most effective anti-terror forces in Europe, according to The Telegraph.
The Special Forces members did not engage the robbers immediately so that they wouldnt injure any of the patrons. They waited until the robbers grabbed the $2,270 they were stealing and made their way out of the store, The Washington Post reports. While escaping, one of the robbers tripped, which allowed the Special Forces members to restrain him. They ordered the second robber to drop his weapon. He did not comply and was shot in the stomach.
The Telegraph reports, During the hold-up, the gendarmes didnt do anything, local prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot told the Telegraph. It was out of the question to use their weapons, as this would have created difficulties and could have placed many peoples lives in danger.
According to The Washington Post, the Special Forces unit was created following the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics and specializes in these types of situations. Both robbers were taken into custody and to the hospital for treatment.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/armed-robbers-try-to-rob-mcdonalds-full-of-special-forces-members/334010683
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Armed robbers try to rob McDonald's full of Special Forces members (Original Post)
kpete
Jun 2016
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malthaussen
(17,187 posts)1. Timing is everything. n/t
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)2. I saw a doc on this elite force...
They're some of the baddest of bad asses. Those idiots didn't have a chance.
irisblue
(32,968 posts)3. lesson for thieves.....
If you go into a place and there are many men & women whose arm muscles are bigger then your head.....leave, it will not work well for you.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)4. You couldn't make this scenario up! LOL! Bad timing...
Wilms
(26,795 posts)5. They should have just ordered chicken-out fingers and called it a day. n/t
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)6. They should have watched "Code Of Silence" before trying this
niyad
(113,265 posts)7. I am so glad I wasn't drinking anything. can we say "felony stupid"???
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)8. slipped a foot out and "one of the robbers tripped"
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)9. They're lucky to be alive.
Getting shot in the belly is how SF say, "you should really consider surrender."
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)10. In a nutshell the difference between a "good" man with a gun
and a trained man with a gun.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)11. Don't mess with the GIGN.
Their assault of Air France Flight 8969 in 1994 is legendary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_8969