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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.

New South Wales police said they believed a 40-year-old man was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach. They said they were not able to name him until a formal identification had taken place but that they weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.

The man was shot dead by a police inspector after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.

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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

So you're telling me the military uses an AR instead of an LMG for suppressive fire?

[-] sandman@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Suppressive fire is to suppress the enemy, not kill them.

You're just proving his point that full-auto is inaccurate and unreliable for anything but suppressive fire.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I doubt a professional soldier fires full auto with an AR during a fire fight.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Hold up, let me just check with a professional soldier real quick...

Yeah, my wife says that in an urban combat situation like this (basically anything taking place in or around buildings, even a larger building like a mall), you almost certainly would be using full auto (if you have the option). At longer ranges however you would definitely switch to semi-automatic fire.

That's assuming you're up against armed resistance and know what you're doing, of course. If you're the kind of coward who goes and murders a bunch of innocent strangers, any self-loading weapon is going to be significantly more dangerous than not having one at all, be it semi-automatic or fully-automatic.

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