Posted on 04/13/2024 6:09:42 AM PDT by rod5591
A heroic police officer fatally shot a knife-wielding maniac who killed five people and stabbed several others — including a small child — inside a popular Sydney mall Saturday afternoon.
Authorities received calls around 3:30 p.m. local time that a knife-wielding man was attacking people at Westfield Bondi Junction, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said during a press conference.
Footage obtained by 9News Sydney showed the suspect, wearing a gold and green rugby jersey and shorts, brandishing a long knife and approaching several horrified shoppers.
Hundreds of people were captured running for the mall’s exits during the stabbing spree.
At around 3:10 p.m., the suspect “moved through the center” in a crowd of about “nine people” inside the mall and launched his attack, causing “harm to those people we believe by stabbing them,” Cooke said.
Several posts on social media showed crowds fleeing the mall and police cars and emergency services rushing to the area.
Albanese condemned the “horrific” attack on the innocent shoppers.
“The devastating scenes at Bondi Junction are beyond words or understanding. Australians will be shocked this evening,” Albanese said. “This was a horrific act of violence, indiscriminately targeted at innocent people going about an ordinary Saturday doing their shopping tonight.
“It’s such a shock this happens in a country such as ours, where people should be able to go about their shopping on a Saturday afternoon without any thought that there is risk involved.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Rama dama ding dong holdover?
An Australian newcomer?
The article calls him Sydney knifeman aka Muhammad Ackar Sudden Jihad Killer Guy
when they use a knife, a man was the killer, when they use a gun the gun was the killer... ever notice that?
and when has the left ever called for knife control after an incident like this?
From the pix, appears to be as you suspected.
Did he come from a ‘low trust’ country?
Yes.
How’s that gun confiscation thing workin’ out for ya, mates?! You guys need a Bill of Rights with a Second Amendment.
Looks like he's a product of Australia's "diversity" immigration policies.
Killed by a policewoman. Maybe next time he'll know not to bring a knife to a gunfight.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/mass-stabbing-sydney-australia-mall-knifeman-shot-dead/
Excerpt:
Cooke shared there was no indication of motivation for the act but was not ruling out if it was terrorist-related.
Just pretend this mutant was running around the mall giving COVID injections, and all is well.
From The Sydney Morning Herald:
“ NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb speaking to the media after a man fatally stabbed multiple people at Westfield Bondi Junction”
“The attacker has been identified as a 40-year-old man known to law enforcement, though police are waiting to formally identify him.
He is believed to have acted alone.
If he is the person that we believe, then we don’t have fears of that person holding an ideation. In other words, it’s not a terrorism incident,” Webb said.
She said it was too early to comment on his psychological state.”
The cover up begins. He sure looks like a muslim in the photos.
Fortunately armed police stopped this murder spree, but how long did it take for them respond? Could lives have been saved or injuries prevented by the actions of an armed citizen as has happened in the US?
At least guns are illegal in Australia…..let’s be thankful for that….
One shot, one kill. Very good shooting from the officer. Here’s a question for the Left: Do you deplore the use of gun violence against the knife-wielding murderer?
Australia also has strict knife control.
You are not allowed to have a knife on your person or in your vehicle unless you have a "good reason" to have it there.
Self defense is not an option for a "good reason".
The Australian Constitution was written at the height of Western Civilization, when the rights of Australian citizens were reasonably well respected, about 1900. From Wikipedia:
Some delegates to the 1898 constitutional convention favoured a section similar to the bill of rights of the United States Constitution, but this was decided against. This remains the case, with the Constitution only protecting a small and limited number of constitutional rights.
When NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb states, “The attacker has been identified as a 40-year-old man known to law enforcement, though police are waiting to formally identify him. If he is the person that we believe, then we don’t have fears of that person holding an ideation...”, it shows the police knew he was psychotic but didn’t care to protect anyone from him.
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