Posted on 12/15/2014 7:44:27 AM PST by C19fan
Edited on 12/15/2014 7:50:02 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Police stormed a cafe in central Sydney early Tuesday where a gunman held more than a dozen hostages for more than 16 hours, firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades moments after captives were seen fleeing the buidling in terror.
A scene of pandemonium erupted in the early morning just minutes after hostages started emerging from the cafe on their own or in small groups.
Eleven hostages were reportedly accounted for after the police raid - Nine News reported. Sky News reported four people were injured. Live TV footage showed at least two people being taken away on stretchers but there was no confirmation of details.
One hostage was seen being carried out of the building. The woman seemed quite distressed and in a lot of pain as blood gushing from her legs.
After the raid, a bomb disposal robot was seen entering the cafe.
The dramatic end stage of the siege came as the gunman holding the remaining captives was revealed as a self-proclaimed Islamic cleric Man Haron Monis.
Monis is a 49-year-old man living in southwest Sydney, but is originally from Iran and a self-proclaimed sheik, and also sent hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers between 2007 and 2009, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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Move along. Nothing to really see here. Just more Obama Workplace violence. No Ferguson riots to report on. No “I can’t breath” T-shirts hanging on thugs like LeRonLeBron T-Shirt James Tweet??? ESPN has not reported it today. ESPN, the LeBron James Tweet Reporting Site. No, LeBron, next time your fat ass needs a cop to get the mob away so you don’t have to sign autographs, I hope the cops tell you it is coffee and donuts break time and tell you to kiss their butts.
Isn't that usually code for "same-sex-partner"?
Irrelevant in this case, as the man is dead, but we certainly do.
Most life sentences carry a minimum term (sometimes quite a low one), but a person can be sentenced to "the term of their natural life" and classified as "never to be released".
Being ex-military doesn't matter (except for a few people who are considered at special risk because of their service). Any law abiding Australian citizen can apply for a handgun licence. It's not easy to get one, and it can be refused quite readily, but it is possible to do it. Very few people bother. I have but it's less than 1% of people.
No, they didn't.
This is my local gun shops handgun page:-
This myth that guns are banned in Australia is dangerous and makes Australian's less safe - because it leads to a lot of people not even trying to own firearms, that they legally can. It's harder to own a handgun in Australia than the US - much harder than in some parts - but a lot more people could do it, if they wanted to. People choose not to - and a lot of that is because they are mislead by people telling them they can't.
Well, we know they don’t eat pork.
A 3 x 6 foot coffin would be better.
Agreed.
It is a common term for opposite sex partner too, at least according to the British TV series I watch on DVD. I think it covers everything such as spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend or whatnot.
Kind like Chicago.
Horrible. Simply horrible.
But use pig (pork) for the bbq, so as the land is defiled and the Muzzies will not be able to use the land , property again.
Sounds like Cleaver Greene has a new customer.
AMEN AND AMEN!
“.................The killer “
And, fortunately the killee!
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