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BNP Banker, His Wife And Nephew Murdered In Belgium
In the beginning it was banker suicides. Then about two weeks ago, suicides were replaced by outright murders after the execution-style killing of the CEO of a bank in otherwise sleepy (and tax evasive) Lichtenstein by a disgruntled client. Then on Friday news hit of another execution-type murder in just as sleepy, if not so tax evasive, Belgium, where in the city of Vise, a 37-year-old Director at BNP Paribas Fortis was murdered alongside his wife and a 9 year old nephew in a premeditated and orchestrated drive-by shooting.
According to Marcel Neven, Mayor of Vise, nothing can yet explain what caused the violent shooting that rocked the neighborhood sports hall of his town this Friday, April 18, late at night. A man of 37 years, Benedict Philippens, bank manager Ans-Saint-Nicolas, was shot. A little 9 year old boy, living in Dolhain, was also killed. A lady, the wife of the man and the boy aunt and godmother, Carol Haid, 37 also died of his injuries on Saturday, in the morning. She was hit by three bullets in the back, said a judicial source.
According to information from the survey and some witnesses, a car waiting outside their house Berneau street near the sports hall Visé. When the victims' car is back in the driveway, shots were fired from the car that waited patiently. The author of the shots is actively sought.
So far neither the shooter nor any motive for the execution have not been found: "Some suggest the presence of a single gunman with an automatic pistol, others are surprised that a bullet hole was noted in one of the windows of the sports hall. "That would mean that the author was already in the driveway of the house and waited for the victims side of the house," says a source close to the case."
Like in the Lichtenstein murder, there is a possibility the murder was the result of a previous argument with a customer:
This Sunday, the investigation is ongoing but it seems that the track of reckoning is preferred. In 7Dimanche newspaper, a friend of Benedict recalls that he had a big argument with a customer six months ago. He had even threatened the director publicly. He then had to put on the door. "There are six months, he told me he had a big argument with a foreign client."
Needless to say the locals of the quiet town are stunned by the news:
According to the neighbors, "the couple lived for 5 or 6 years" in his little house. They had been married a little over a year. The neighborhood shocked again that it is a normal family. "Usually, shootings in the region, it is often stories of drug with the Dutch, because it is not far from the border."
The mayor did not say more about the possible causes of this unfortunate news item. He noted, however, that the occupation of the victim, banker, "perhaps could" be related to drama. Marcel Neven adds that this is the first time in his back as mayor he faced such violence in a crime. "The police arrived on the scene Friday night was very impressed to see the body there in the driveway."
So just like in the Lichtenstein murder, was it truly some atrocious act by bankers that caused their clients to take justice into their own hands, or is it becoming the norm that when dealing with members of the banker class, the population - disenchanted with a legal system that is largely in the pocket of the financial system - is increasingly resorting to not only vigilante justice, but the taking of banker lives with no regard for innocent bystanders?
If indeed so, this could mark a dramatic, and lethal, escalation in the way bankers are treated by the broader public, not only in places where banker revulsion is palpable but in quiet, sleepy backwaters like a small Belgium town.
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Any Albuquerque cops taking a vacation in Belgium?
Speaking of suicides, did you see the touching tribute to Michael Rupert (of Collapse.net & peak oil fame) by Abby Martin on RT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWXbKOAHANQ
Sad that. Didn't know about Ruppert's suicide. When you study the dark side, part of you becomes the dark side. You can easily be overwhelmed by what you find, and the apathy of those around you toward it can drive you insane. RIP, Michael.
meh. Whole situation never got to me at all. Could it be that I entered the situation not naive at all about the corruption of the world?
I mean, bankers, lawyers, politicians. If I was actually convinced to trust them in the first place maybe this would all be very surprising.
But I wasn't. Is this really a unique position?
Sorry to see Ruppert go.
Yeah Meelion, me too. Abby didn't say if there was a note- she just cried and called it 'suicide'. These days, you just don't know.
This is a touchy subject for me. When I was fifteen (a long time ago), I came home from school to find my mother dead of a single .22 shot to the heart. She was in her bed, the gun lay on the floor beside her. I didn't know what to do...
I went next door and knocked. The neighbor lady answered, and didn't believe me, but she called the cops.
The cops showed up, of course, and started asking questions- as you would expect. They called my Dad in for questioning, and locked him up and charged him with murder. This development put me in a no-mans land. Not old enough to speak for myself, I was in danger of becoming a 'ward of the state'. I lived off the good nature of friends' parents for awhile, until my Dad's Mason friends (a whole 'nother story) got him out of jail.
Dad didn't do it. Here's why; Both my parents were alcoholics and almost every day began with cleaning up broken things and blood stains from the night before.
That very morning, Mom woke up early and fixed breakfast- something she hadn't done in years. She was saying goodbye, but I didn't realize it.
That is very sad. I've only known a couple people who commited suicide. One, a kid just barely 18, seemed so happy, no sign I could see. One day, just gone. Must be 15 years ago now. Another, a mother, had tried many times over many years but one day did it without interruption. Life can be very overwhelming. Wish there was something I could say or do that's a comfort but I doubt there really can be.
Meelion, you don't owe me anything. I have long since dealt with the shit that occured back then.
I shared it because most of the denizens of this realm haven't the faintest idea of honest hardship, or knowing what it's like to be absolutely dependent on the kindness of the community-at-large, and finding them willing, even eager, to help.
Where have I been? First I've heard about this suicide. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes, there was little coverage of this. I didn't hear until 6 days later. Lesson to us all. You need to escape from the real world once in a while. You can't constantly be immersed in what's really going on around us or it gets too depressing. Take a break. Enjoy life!
"So far neither the shooter nor any motive for the execution have not been found:"
I thought they said the guy was a banker.
It was the Easter Bunny
I found him.
It was the "Endomorphe" Billy.
Let's get Michale Lewis on this Banker death thing cause the connections must have been found by now.
So the Michael Lewis book: is it just increadibly good timing or was it an orchestration of 'messages' again? The milisecond that was released, suddenly we're told that HFT's really really bad, Goldman offloads their HFT, etc. Is Michael Lewis really a lone voice in the wilderness or is he really a standard bearing messenger for some much larger force?
Of course, I've read lately that the finance system, and more specifically HFT, was being dominated more and more by NSA/spy types to run their finances thru. Perhaps an exit from HFT is either an attempt to avoid some (yet unknown) future prosecution of HFT running or it's an attempt to disgorge this 'spy trader' element from the rest of the banking system.
Lol ... there are no coincidences. IMO, it is part of the set-up that will allow the bankers to pull the plug on the markets and to appear blameless ... at least through the words of the lapdog press.
Also IMO, it is part of the greater set-up to allow allow the dissolution of the Fed, through propagandized public outrage and then the propagandized saving of the world under a global bank, currency and power system.
... and although not true, we will be led to believe that the people are buying the con hook, line and sinker.
The only question is how many cycles it will take to complete and my guess is only two... and then the real fun starts.
If it happens too quickly, too easily or is idolized in the mainstream media then it has a greater and malevolent power behind it.
Good things come hard and sometimes with great sacrifice.
Journalists investigating the rampant fraud of the present day at every level in every industry, activists, witnesses, bankers, whistleblowers need to disappear themselves. I suggest a trip to Mt. Everest....a "he just didn't come back down the mountain" after which you disappear into the main population until the trials begin. WE NEED YOU ALIVE.
Of course this will be spun as a shooting by a disgruntled customer. I don't think so. I think this banker figured out too much for his own good and had plans to talk.
Shooting everyone is not a disgruntled customer.
It was meant to send a message.
If a message then bankers now get both barrels = 2 guns.
1. Population.
2. Their own.
On that note hope it was a message then :-)
That guy's house is smaller than my fucking garage.
That guy's house is smaller than my fucking Garden.
Speaking of, I need to have a talk with my neighbor...
How can this be? The bankers have saved the world. Prosperity for all!
EU citizens have NO (legal) right to self defense, the Govt will protect you!
That's nice to know. I feel better already
Bankers turning more and more like Mafia. I guess at least the wife and the kid are absolutely innocent.
Oh, and if a wife is shot, do we speak about his injuries - or is it her wounds?
The wife and the kids of the general population are also innocent, but that doesn't stop the government and their bankster pals from ruining their lives. If these people think that their own families are sacrosanct, according to some Mafia code, they are quite mistaken.
"The wife and the kids of the general population are also innocent..."
Never been married have you? Wives are running their own game all the time too. Crazy bitchez
Sounds like you have trouble picking women to me. Quit giving wives a bad rep.
If you lie down with dogs you will get fleas.
They spread to your family too. Lol
Probably related to MF Global and the theft of customer gold.
director, meh
I suspect the bankers are not obeying orders very well. This is the stuff that happens when the pie shrinks and everyone wants more pie.
These are the enforcers doing a few of the killings.
'Of course this will be spun as a shooting by a disgruntled customer'... yup,it doesn't take a rocket scientist to stage a earlier confrontation t make it look legit.
Has anyone on this thread watch the movie assault on wallstreet and if the answer is no you need to
Give links Silver Balls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-NqShTj5w
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kes3Vl4cLaU
Director Uwe Boll's Assault on Wall Street, an action-revenge thriller set amid the backdrop of the nation's financial corridor, is about a man who hunts the businessmen whose greed ruined his life. The movie stars Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, John Heard, Edward Furlong, Keith David, Michael Paré, and Eric Roberts. The movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 10, 2013.
Open season on administering justice because no one else will.
Yep, if rule of law fails for regular people, eventually they'll take matters into their own hands. In many places, that line was crossed a long time ago.
Bankers never die...They just lose interest.
"NEED LITTLE - WANT LESS - LOVE MORE
THE BANKS MUST BE RESTRAINED, AND THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM REFORMED, WITH BALANCE RESTORED TO THE ECONOMY, BEFORE THERE CAN BE ANY SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY." jca
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http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/
And government is just the mechanism with which to accomplish this, right?
what do you mean by the term "government"?
in one sense of the word anything that accomplishes
those goals will be seen as the "government" or part
thereof.
that may be a good thing or a horrible thing
depending on the people's understanding of the word/s
and the mechanisms.
all i can add is that if it is done well, transparently
and honestly it might be worthwhile and lasting in
a positive way. if not then we are just as bad off
as we are now.
no one ever said it would be simple or easy,
accomplished by one person or in a day.
best to you.
Or... we could follow Ripley's advice. She knows how to be rid of a parasitic predator species.
Good people do not murder others no matter the slight or perceived justification. It is unthinkable.
So, the banker was either good and murdered by evil or evil and murdered by evil. In either case it is not the way we fight.
This is what happens when justice has perceived to have vanished.
Now why were we supposed to have an impartial judicuary and police force that has long gone?
Justice has vanished
You are so limited in your thinking. Good people will kill an encroaching enemy that threatens the lives of their people. It matters not if the wolf is clothed in sheep skin or the murderers are dressed as bankers, politicians, or even in the cloth of law.
When greed infects a whole class of people and leads them to treat entire populations with no respect and no mercy, it is often the case that good people rise up and wipe out the entire infected group. Antibiotics kill bacteria, good and bad, in an effort to stave off an attack that may well wipe out an entire city. The powers that be simply smile and call it collateral damage. When a banker or a politician, and his entire family, expect to live off your efforts (enslavement) for the rest of their lives. Then their lives may all be forfeit.
A mother will do what is necessary to protect her children. Some mothers do not even realise what this means until they are confronted with a direct threat.
How do you stop a banker from drowning?
Shoot him before he hits the water.
This looks like a real mafia turf war. Or is it fallout of the Currency Wars?
Belguim's imigrants were nicknamed "Buffalo Heads" becuase they squeezed a nickle so hard, so downright theft can lead to some bullets flying.
I don't buy the disgruntled clients story at all. In every case of murder or "suicide" they're whacked the wives and kids as well.
A pissed client doesn't take out 9 year olds. Hitmen might, and spooks do.
You are too limited in your thinking. The time is now. It will only grow worse. Those ruining the lives of average, hard working folks, who lose a life time of savings are going to find that folks in general have a great deal of patience. However, once the line is crossed it's easy to think the guilty party not only ruined your life but also the life of your loved ones.
Any eye for an eye. A family for a family.
Guess people are learning that if they live around a banker they are liable to be killed.
Maybe they didn't think the toaster was worth it?
This guy lost the wrong people a lot of money. Usually a pissed off customer doesn't kill the rest of the family. The sad part is once you push people too far, the wives and kids get it too.
The bankers deserve what they get for what they do. Hopefully the collateral damage won't be so great.
The bankers should take notice that not too many people seem to care about the deaths of a few bankers and even cheer them on. After Apathy comes fear, from fear comes anger. No banker will be safe once the population turns to anger.
What makes you so certain that this was not the murder of a witness who knew too much and was about to be questioned on the witness stand?
bad drug deal bitchez
That movie Assault on Wall Street was a prophecy.
These bankers thought they could rob and pillage and steal as much as they wanted from the people and have no consequences are finding out that there are consequences to their crimes and the millions upon millions of people they have stolen from are waking up.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2368553/
Haha, look, I told you all well in advance that we were just getting started with those "suicides". Lots more planned :)
And they didn't think they were going to face blowback. People get weird around money. It is best not to steal it from them (and if you laugh in their face about it, well, that is just.....uhhh....suicide).
But we warned them, we warned them. We are still warning them. As we can all see now, this was not just for selfish reasons. Sure, we are trying to protect our income and futures, but there are also consequences to psychopathic behavior and to those who protect psychopaths
People get weird around money
This is what happens when the government doesn't do its job. People start to take the law into their own hands. Then it starts to get messy. Innocent kids get caught in the crossfire. Get off your lazy butts government and do your job before they come gunning for you
Government is complicit.
You're looking to the coyote for help in keeping your chickens safe.
Simply not high level enough to be a syndicate rub-out. More likely, the trend could be people taking it directly to their bankers. If that trend increases it will provide excellent cover for more serious syndicate actions.
i don't recall whether or not the purported shooter in the Lichtenstein murder was apprehened . anyboby know?
So many people at this point in history are used to serial bubbles, thinking finite resources just appear on cue. A lot of "attitude adjustment" is going to happen, and delayed violent acts, which would have happened by now in other times, will belatedly occur once atitudes are more in line with the reality of lost resources that take years to replace, if the resources are even replacable at all, considering that most people have a very profitable period of time in their lives which then passes by and doesn't come back again. Resources acquired during that period of one's life are VERY hard to get back once lost.
I think over the next 10 years things will get really violent. Then 10 more voilent years from force of habit at that point. In 20 years, who knows what life will be like then?
It's funny because 20 years of easy living seems so short, don't the 90's seem not that far away? But 1994 was 20 years ago! On the other hand 20 years of hard times seems to take forever, can't imagine the world in 2034.
Makes sense. And the magnitude of what isn't "there"--in financial resources--that most 401K/pension holders beieve is, once realized, will have journalists invoking Newton's 3rd law as metaphor to describe the "reaction," where all those bankster mechanisms of wealth extraction are violently replaced with a wide ranging assortment of life extraction mechanisms that go by various, not unsimilar sounding names: 357M, M249, MAC10, AK47, SIG550, AK74, and my personal favorite, the ever-reliable, Home/property protection wonder known as the M1919.
The pattern will be that of the fall of the former leader of the Ukraine. First comes the mobs of revolution, then the police and bodyguards are nowhere to be seen. All those vaults of gold and silver bullion will have to be left behind. What is too heavy to be carried cannot be carried. Those that think they have escaped into a friendly state, will find, as in Russia, that their hosts are not happy to see them. There is no place for these people to run: the fallout from offering them refuge will be too great for any nation. No need for anyone here to play hero, let the PC grunt tards do the dirty deeds.
wonder if this is related to belgium now largest holder of u.s treasuries ..
It starts in "Lichtenstein" and "Belgium"!
Another nail in the coffin of the alleged American exceptionalism...
How many murders happened in South Chicago last night, and no massive reports here.
Stupid comment. Nobody reports on what happens all the time.
What is wrong with you? A 37 yr old woman was shot 3 times in the back! A kid was shot. People like you should be chained up in the back yard by a dog house.
These are banker execs getting offed all around the world all of a sudden. And this is financial site...not a gangsta site.
Maybe Europe is like the Bermuda Triangle for Bankers?
Probably just a neighbor with a malfunctioning nail gun.
(Just a reminder that the man who died of nail gun was classified as a suicide despite being struck by a half dozen nails. IOW, government cover up of a murder.)
7 shots with a nail gun I believe...all self inflicted.....and people believe it.
Ben also knows too much.
SEC shall background check any CFA purchases a nail gun.
Peak Bankers!
If somone were to kill my kid then no one would be safe til I was gone too. Wasn't the kid a nephew?
how come jurgen hermann has never been apprehended or body found?
Thanks for the reminder. Feel free to remind us again every now and then.
night of the long knives continueth
Senior bankers live in those kinds of houses? I thought Belgium was rich. That house looks like it was designed by a 10 year old. How can people who live in houses that look like they were constructed by high school shop students have the money to monetize US Treasury debt?!? Lmao
Don't leave your children around bankers...
Murder, self-defense, manslaughter, payback... labels selected by those who apply them.
Oh, da hugh-manatee!