We see this often enough here with criminals. But we also saw it with a number of Muslim terrorists. Now we're starting to see it with Muslim terrorists in Europe.
Belgian authorities have opened a terrorism probe following a weekend machete attack on two police officers in the city of Charleroi, the latest assault in what has become a relentless summer-long barrage.
The assailant, who was fatally shot during the attack, was identified Sunday by the authorities as a 33-year-old Algerian man who had been living in Belgium illegally since 2012.
He should have been deported... but of course he wasn't.
A government official said authorities had twice issued a deportation order for K.B. but that because Belgium has no agreement with Algeria allowing people to be forcibly sent back, he was able to stay. The government has only a few hundred secure places for illegal immigrants awaiting deportation, most of which are occupied by those who have committed serious crimes.
The lesson here is obvious and will obviously be ignored. You can either deport folks like our friend K.B. regardless of whether his Islamic country of origin wants to accept him, or you can brace for the next attack.