Six Philadelphia Police Officers Shot During Active Standoff

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NY Times

Officers were trying to serve a narcotics warrant when gunfire erupted, the mayor’s office said.

By Jon Hurdle, Neil Vigdor and Mihir Zaveri

Aug 14, 2019

PHILADELPHIA — Six Philadelphia police officers were shot in an hourslong standoff on Wednesday with a gunman after they tried to serve a narcotics warrant at a home north of Center City, the authorities said.

The officers were taken to area hospitals with what the police described as non-life-threatening injuries. Additional officers were also being treated for “non-gunshot injuries,” Sgt. Eric Gripp of the Philadelphia Police Department said on Twitter.

The shooting began at about 4:30 p.m., prompting SWAT teams to converge on the home, in the Nicetown-Tioga section of the city.

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SHOCKING NEWS UPDATE!!

[url=https://clarionproject.org/clarion-intel-exclusive-philadelphia-shooter-attended-radical-mosque/]Clarion Intel Exclusive: Philadelphia Shooter Attended Radical Mosque[/url]

Ryan Mauro

Aug. 16 2019

Maurice Hill, the criminal who wounded six police officers in a shootout in Philadelphia and was arrested after a seven-hour standoff, attended a radical mosque.

The mosque, called Masjid Ahlil Hadith Wal Athar, is known for preaching the Islamist ideology promoted by Saudi Arabia referred to as “Wahhabism.”

Clarion Intelligence Network has been aware through its sources that the area where the shootings took place is known for trafficking in guns, drugs and counterfeit items. This criminal market has a strong Islamist element that includes extremist gangs.

Hill’s older sister said he “occasionally attended” an unnamed mosque, confirming initial reports from our sources that Hill is a Muslim. The sources do not yet have first-hand evidence of the shooter being personally involved in Islamist extremism.

Clarion Intel’s sources report that Masjid Ahlil Hadith Wal Athar is a Salafi mosque which follows the theocratic teachings of Saudi Arabia’s top Wahhabist scholars.

At this point, there is no indication that Hill’s shooting of police officers was motivated by Islamism or anything other than a desire to resist arrest.

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