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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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[-] taanegl@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

What kind of absolute psycho needs to bring an automatic rifle to the mall? Mass shooters, that's who.

Your parents failed you.

[-] sandman@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

You completely missed his point.

[-] Patquip@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Must have been using an automatic weapon

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

We don't have automatic weapons available here. That's how disconnected you all are from understanding the issues. Just as Republicans here want to ban abortion without knowing anything about women. You want to do the same with firearms without knowing anything about them.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

It isn't required to know every single random trivia fact about guns to know they are designed to kill people. None of us need perfect knowledge before we do anything. Do you have any inkling how crazy the physics/chemistry of fire is? No? Guess you have no opinion on your car catching on fire.

And this is a bullshit comparison with abortion.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No it's basic knowledge, and it absolutely is akin to the abortion debate. You sound like that dumbass senator who said a woman's body knows if it was a legit pregnancy or rape and can get rid of it if it's rape. That's the level of ignorance the majority of you anti-gun people have.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Please demonstrate your claim that the abortion debate and gun debate are the same.

Nice personal attack btw. Really convinced me.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I literally just did. The mass majority of users here and the mass majority of antigun people do not understand what they want legislated away. The same goes for prolife tools.

Where did I personally attack you?

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