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| New Zealand police kill 'terrorist' after he stabs 6 people | |
| 2021-09-03 | |
| [10News]Shoulda just killed him before New Zealand authorities say they shot and killed a violent extremist after he entered a supermarket and stabbed and injured six shoppers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described Friday's incident as a terror attack. She said the man was a Sri Lankan national who was inspired by the Islamic State group. She said he was well known to the nation’s security agencies and was being monitored around the clock. Ardern said that because the man was under constant monitoring, a police surveillance team and a special tactics group were able to shoot and kill him within 60 seconds of the attack starting. She said that three of those who had been stabbed were seriously injured.
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #13 New Zealand. Probably get charged with a crime for violating Covid distancing with each other. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-09-03 18:10 |
| #12 Timing's a little wonky. 60 seconds to stab 6 people. Nobody got out of his way? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-03 17:07 |
| #11 Re #9, or, "'I' is for,,, Intolerance!" |
| Posted by: Chusoting Clomoting4647 2021-09-03 15:33 |
| #10 Tracking and Whacking, or, Watchful Weighting "Drink up, boys, for danger awaits As we gamble with citizens' fates! It's a tough bloody job, All this stuffing our gobs With great takeaway tucker and, er, dates!" |
| Posted by: Chusoting Clomoting4647 2021-09-03 15:29 |
| #9 Cataracts of Denial, or... dunno. |
| Posted by: Chusoting Clomoting4647 2021-09-03 15:25 |
| #8 Mad Muslim man roams with impunity, Is murdered! Alarmed, his community Arises as one To condemn him ["We're done!"] In a heartwarming mime of Muzz unity. |
| Posted by: Chusoting Clomoting4647 2021-09-03 15:21 |
| #7 Good finds, gentlemen. Once again you beat me to the story. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-03 14:01 |
| #6 He wasn’t just being monitored. From the NPR article linked by 10 News: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said a police surveillance team and a specialist tactics group had followed the man from his home to the supermarket. But while they had grave ongoing concerns about the man, they had no particular reason to think he was planning an attack on Friday, Coster said. The man appeared to be going into the store to do his grocery shopping. "He entered the store, as he had done before. He obtained a knife from within the store," Coster said. "Surveillance teams were as close as they possibly could be to monitor his activity." Witnesses said the man shouted "Allahu Akbar" — meaning God is great — and started stabbing random shoppers, sending people running and screaming. Coster said that when the commotion started, two police from the special tactics group rushed over. He said the man charged at the officers with the knife and so they shot and killed him. One bystander video taken from inside the supermarket records the sound of 10 shots being fired in rapid succession. Coster said there would be questions about whether police could have reacted even quicker. He said that the man was very aware of the constant surveillance and they needed to be some distance from him for it to be effective. Ardern said the man had first moved to New Zealand in 2011 and had been monitored by security agencies since 2016. She said authorities are confident he acted alone in the attack. Skidmark’s Daily Mail link reports that “S.”, as he is identified, has for years openly visited ISIS and other jihadi websites, made threats, and purchased weapons. I would be puzzled as to why New Zealand never deported him except that they keep electing such self-righteous wankers. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-03 13:54 |
| #5 Hard to believe they had time for this guy with all the people they need to arrest for taking their kid to the park without a mask. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-03 13:12 |
| #4 At least he didn't die from Covid. |
| Posted by: Too Old To Work 2021-09-03 08:56 |
| #3 What #2 said |
| Posted by: Croque Fliting8030 2021-09-03 08:49 |
| #2 that constant monitoring worked out well, why not just deport his ass if you have to constantly monitor someone? |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-09-03 08:39 |