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Trump vows to wipe terrorists from the ‘face of the Earth’

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President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to wipe terrorists from the ‘face of the Earth’. Photo: AP
Agence France-Presse
US president-elect Donald Trump vowed, a month before he takes office, to wipe “terrorists” off the face of the Earth, after a series of high-profile attacks in Germany, Turkey and Switzerland.

German police have so far spoken of a possible terror attack after a truck ploughed through a crowd, killing at least 12 and injuring dozens more in scenes reminiscent of July’s deadly truck attack in the French city of Nice.

But still, Trump condemned the “horrifying terror attack.”

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“ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad,” he added, referring to the Islamic State group.

Trump then promised: “These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the Earth, a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners.”

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In Ankara, a policeman shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. Trump called the gunman a “radical Islamic terrorist”.

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