Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

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Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ROB » Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:23 pm

Actually he only had a knife so it was 6 and his name was Benyamin Cohen so probably Jewish...

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What we know so far
Six people have died in a stabbing attack at Bondi Junction Westfield, a six-level shopping centre in Sydney’s east, as well as the attacker who was shot dead by police.
Police say a small child is among “more than several people” injured after the knife attack shortly after 3pm on Saturday. Some have critical or serious injuries.
Police were called to the popular shopping centre at 3:30pm, following reports multiple people had been stabbed. Hundreds of people were hiding inside shops and storerooms, as a man wielding what witnesses described as a “big blade” attacked shoppers.
A lone police officer who was nearby tracked him through the centre before shooting him dead when he turned and raised his knife at her.
The attacker has not yet been identified, and a motive for the attack has not yet been established. Police believe he acted alone and that there is no continuing active threat.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has praised the police officer who confronted and shot the attacker, saying “she is certainly a hero. There is no doubt that she saved lives through her action.”
A mother and her baby has been reported as being among those treated for stab wounds.
A motive for the attack has not yet been established. With the prime minister and the commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, Reece Kershaw, saying it was “too early to determine a motive” and warning it would be “unhelpful to speculate” at this stage.
Police say there are “not ruling out” that the attack could be a terrorist incident, but say there’s “nothing that we are aware of at the scene that would indicate any motive or any ideology”.
The centre remains closed, and a crime scene has been established.
We’re expecting an update from police at 8:30pm.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ReptilianKittenEater » Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:30 am

Wondering what the brain pattern is of someone who can't get laid moves to stabbing a few people.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ROB » Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:43 am

Turns out Ben Cohen was innocent and it was some alt-right nutjobs trying to frame a Jewish person.

The real guy was just a nutter.

But yeah, no sexxy times = violence for young men.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby Kurt » Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:57 am

ROB wrote:Turns out Ben Cohen was innocent and it was some alt-right nutjobs trying to frame a Jewish person.

The real guy was just a nutter.

But yeah, no sexxy times = violence for young men.


It's weird but I can be both surprised and not surprised at the same time.

Joel Cauchi: Apparently angry because he could not get a girlfriend. Now your local Jordan Peterson clone will claim the killing could have been averted if women would just have sex with men they would never have sex with....While somehow maintaining their "Virtue" of course.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby snaark » Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:35 am

This would never have happened in America, because everyone there has a gun and can defend themselves. Australia definitely needs more guns.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ROB » Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:46 pm

snaark wrote:This would never have happened in America, because everyone there has a gun and can defend themselves. Australia definitely needs more guns.


Why do you hate freedom?
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby gnaruki » Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:06 pm

ROB wrote:
But yeah, no sexxy times = violence for young men.


Don't you guys have cheap, legal, efficient hookers?
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ROB » Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:38 pm

gnaruki wrote:
ROB wrote:
But yeah, no sexxy times = violence for young men.


Don't you guys have cheap, legal, efficient hookers?


Sure, but they tend not to tour places like Saudi Arabia or Syria.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby gnaruki » Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:48 pm

ROB wrote:
gnaruki wrote:
ROB wrote:
But yeah, no sexxy times = violence for young men.


Don't you guys have cheap, legal, efficient hookers?


Sure, but they tend not to tour places like Saudi Arabia or Syria.


Anyway. It'd be nice if you could stay on topic of your own thread.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/joel-cauchis-path-stabbing-attack-bondi-junction-shopping-centre/103728968 Here's where I'm trying to glean facts.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ROB » Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:55 pm

Nice thread policing.

This place would really turn to shit without your efforts.

Keep up the good work.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby gnaruki » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:54 am

I'm just going to stick around until you produce something of note.
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Re: Islamist Gunman Kills 23 People in Sydney

Postby ROB » Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:08 am

gnaruki wrote:I'm just going to stick around until you produce something of note.


Um... ok.
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