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House party horror: Five dead after 'horrific' knife attack in Canada
dailystar.co.uk ^ | 16 April, 2014 | Cyrus Engineer

Posted on 04/19/2014 3:59:47 PM PDT by marktwain

Matthew Douglas de Grood, Calgary, University stabbing, victims, knife, attack, house party, Rick Hanson, Facebook, Pictures ATTACK: Matthew Douglas de Grood has been arrested after allegedly stabbing and killing five people at a house party in Canada [FACEBOOK/AP]

Matthew Douglas de Grood, the son of a veteran police officer, has been charged with five counts of murder following the killings in Calgary.

Police Chief Rick Hanson said: "We have never seen five people killed at one scene. The scene was horrific."

At least 20 people were at the house party which was being held to celebrate the end of term at the University of Calgary.

De Grood, 22, was invited to the party and soon after arriving picked up a large knife and began stabbing people one after another.

Three men were found dead at the scene while another man and a woman died at a local hospital soon after.

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I have not seen mention of this in the American press. Have I missed it?
1 posted on 04/19/2014 3:59:47 PM PDT by marktwain
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If only someone had a gun.


2 posted on 04/19/2014 4:00:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Doesn’t fit their political motives.


3 posted on 04/19/2014 4:01:23 PM PDT by Gamecock (If the cross is not foolishness to the lost world then we have misrepresented the cross." S.L.)
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<...picked up a large knife and began stabbing people one after another.

Assault knives with high capacity blades must be banned.

4 posted on 04/19/2014 4:01:45 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
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Knife Contol is needed. LOL


5 posted on 04/19/2014 4:07:15 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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I have noticed there seems to be a huge number of people with Dutch sounding names in Western Canada.


6 posted on 04/19/2014 4:11:02 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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Dutch-ish name, but where’s he from ?


7 posted on 04/19/2014 4:11:54 PM PDT by PLMerite
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Our local paper had about 1 column inch in the News of the world section, a few days ago. It also said that this was the worst mass murder ever, in Calgary.


8 posted on 04/19/2014 4:12:08 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3144574/posts


9 posted on 04/19/2014 4:13:20 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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You laugh but I read a while back - maybe a year ago or so - that a doctors group in Britain was pushing for just that, knife control/regulation.


10 posted on 04/19/2014 4:17:09 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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It's interesting what you can do with just two knives!


11 posted on 04/19/2014 4:18:55 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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Gos against Agent Gibbs of NCIS rule #7, “Never go anywhere without a Knife.”


12 posted on 04/19/2014 4:22:36 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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Something seems wrong. His eyes look vacant and unfocused, and one eye looks partially closed. He has a not-all-there look about him.


13 posted on 04/19/2014 4:36:34 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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See, gun control legislation DOES work. If folks had had easy access to a gun, there might have been another child victim of gun violence.


14 posted on 04/19/2014 4:37:14 PM PDT by PAR35
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He does not look Dutch.


15 posted on 04/19/2014 4:37:25 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished)
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Kristin Kreuk does not look Dutch either.


16 posted on 04/19/2014 4:45:37 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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He does not look Dutch.

It is clear that this tragic young man has the look of one of Canada's "visible minorities". The politically correct have wielded this phrase to elevate such persons to a higher level than the average Canadian.

I viewed the interview with the sadly distraught father of De Grood. He is very obviously a Caucasian. He is a high ranking police authority. He seems to be in bad health and shaking. His wife (poor lady) is supporting him. I would say, though I don't know, that she is of either Filipino heritage or maybe Indonesian. This is where the young man gets his looks.

I do offer, at my risk, a take on the situation. He may have believed what he was told about how unique he was, as a "visible minority".

One can only sigh at the incessant cries about "diversity" in Canada. Simply put, people should get on with life as they find it.

Excuse the rant.

17 posted on 04/19/2014 5:53:57 PM PDT by Peter Libra
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Surinam?


18 posted on 04/19/2014 6:05:19 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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Maybe related to all the Dutch in Western Canada there seems to be a lot of Indonesians. Of course that part of the world was a Dutch colony before WWII.


19 posted on 04/19/2014 6:10:15 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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Bookmark


20 posted on 04/19/2014 6:40:04 PM PDT by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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