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A knife-wielding man who allegedly went on a rampage through Sydney's CBD, leaving one woman dead and another injured, was found in possession of material about "mass casualties around the world".
The man, later identified as 21-year-old Mert Nay, allegedly fatally stabbed a woman, 21, whose body was found in a unit on Clarence Street about 3pm on Tuesday.
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A short time earlier, a 41-year-old woman was found with non life-threatening stab wounds to the back. She was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
During the alleged rampage, Nay was captured on video running through the CBD streets, shouting “Allahu akbar” while being chased by members of the public who managed to apprehend him.
originally posted by: MerkabaTribeEntity
a reply to: AnakinWayneII
Already posted here bud - www.abovetopsecret.com...
Carl Sagan was right, we do live in an increasingly mad and dangerous world,
Best wishes to all affected
Today’s shocking events in Sydney could’ve been far worse if this was America
If it had been some US city and not Sydney, and a man with an assault rifle and not a knife, we’d be having a different conversation right now.
Those who are especially fond of America’s Second Amendment often like to say that the way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
As we’ve witnessed in Sydney today, a more effective way of halting a bad guy’s apparent determination to inflict harm on multiple people is to make it difficult for him to have a gun in the first place.
Australia’s most populous city was plunged into panic at 2pm when a man allegedly stabbed a woman, seemingly at random, at a hotel near Wynyard Station on the corners of King and Clarence streets.
A woman’s body was later discovered in a nearby residence, her throat slashed, with police alleging she was killed by the man.
During a brief rampage, police allege he attempted to attack “a number” of other people with his butcher’s knife, about 30 centimetres long, but they managed to evade him.
Within minutes, a group of several heroic bystanders confronted and chased him, using two chairs from a cafe and a plastic milk crate to bring him down.
The men pinned him to the ground until police arrived.
But consider this. Had this alleged attacker been armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, as so many of America’s recent mass shooters have been, the outcome would’ve been far worse.
In those incidents in the US, which we seem to hear about every week or so, someone wanders into a shopping centre, place of worship, office building, music festival or school and unleashes carnage.
In roughly the same amount of time that the man in Sydney sparked uncertainty and terror, those Americans can slaughter countless innocent people.
We don’t know the motive of the alleged Sydney attacker at this early stage.
But what we can all surely agree on is that Australia’s strict gun laws should never be watered down.
Our priority must continue to be to have the strictest possible oversight to keep firearms out of the hands of those who wish to use them to kill others.
Any efforts to take a backwards step on the legacy of the government in 1996 to toughen our gun laws would be a recipe for disaster.
America might believe that a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with one.
But in Australia, we prefer a situation where a group of top blokes with some chairs and a milk crate can stop a bad guy with a knife.
originally posted by: weirdguy
If I was in my car and saw a thug with a knife chanting alah akbar, he'd be road pizza with extra ham.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kryties
I guess only in australia can a stabbing incident be turned into an anti american constitution rant?
Too bad for the lady stabbed eh?
No worries lass, at least you weren't shot?
Too bad for the lady stabbed eh?
No worries lass, at least you weren't shot?
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kryties
the nra is against our constitution now?
pfft
bs
just start an anti american thread
don't attempt to hide a jihadi slasher in anti american retoric
that is pathetic
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kryties
does the nra attempt to keep knives available in crocodile dundee land?
using a poor lady stabbed by an alleged jihadi as the basis for "omg it could have been worse" is horrible
only you upside down people would attempt such bs
why the fear to look at jihadis stabbing people in your nation?
First page and it's already turned into a US gun control thread.
originally posted by: MisterSpock
First page and it's already turned into a US gun control thread.
Good job troll.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
First page and it's already turned into a US gun control thread.
How the brave actions of civillians on the streets of sydney gets twisted into no guns I will never understand.
Other than "never let a crisis go to waste".
Watch out for your "knives" they will be coming for them.
Err they will be asking you to hand them in....
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Kryties
no
I simply pointed out the anti american agenda you are attempting to push during an event that has nothing to do with america.
Sorry having your hate exposed seems to have set you off.
Perhaps you should anti american rant in a thread designed for such?
or not
no worries
It isn't Anti-American, genius. Calling for more gun control to SAVE LIVES is NOT anti-American, no matter how desperately you want it to be. Go push your "MOAR GUNS" agenda elsewhere. Its not wanted here.