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'Run, run, run': Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot (apnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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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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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 183 points 8 months ago

It fucking sucks but thank fucking God they didn't have an automatic weapon.

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 64 points 8 months ago

I'm sorry that the two other people who replied to you are fucking dumb dumbs.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 29 points 8 months ago

There's a large American population on lemmy, I know it's a common view but thankfully it's the minority one.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

No it's not, the majority of Americans are ok owning firearms. The view that we shouldn't be able to own firearms is a minority one and is more so prevalent on the Internet in echo chambers that lean left.

Also, we made a comment because automatic weapons are basically non-existent here in the USA, which is something the anti-gun crowd continually is ignorant on.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 25 points 8 months ago

There is a clear majority of Americans that don't believe automatic weapons should be legal - generally America is pro hunting rifle (with the common impression those are akin to old bolt action or breech loading rifles in fire rate). The semi and fully automatic weapons poll unfavorably - especially handguns.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

We don't have access to automatic weapons, they're effectively banned via price here. And no, the majority of Americans own firearms for self defense. Stop making up crap.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/

About three-quarters (72%) of gun owners say that protection is a major reason they own a gun.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

That says three quarters of gun owners claim self defense as the reason, it doesn't say three quarter of Americans own guns for self defense.

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[-] azertyfun 12 points 8 months ago

The anti-gun crowd is also ignorant of the practicalities of automatic vs semiautomatic. What they mean is "civilians shouldn't have mostly unrestricted access to firearms, especially ones with no use for hunting" and getting hung up on technical minutia misses the point entirely.

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[-] kromem@lemmy.world 93 points 8 months ago

There needed to be more good guys with a knife.

[-] Oaksey@lemmy.world 70 points 8 months ago

Well thankfully he didn’t have easy access to a gun

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago

That's all I think about whenever I hear about a sick fucko intent on killing.

With a gun, the numbers would be significantly higher.

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