on 25-09-2014 06:36 PM
Immigration gave us a country where the armed forces no longer dare wear uniforms in our street
This is no longer the Australia we knew.
This is no longer something to be dismissed as just a problem with a tiny, unrepresentative minority:
The attack follows the knife attack on two police officers in Victoria that ended with an 18-year-old Islamic extremist being shot dead in Victoria.
NSW Police confirmed today that they were investigating the alleged attack on a member of the Australian Defence Force in full navy uniform at 6 o’clock this morning.
It is understood punches were thrown and threats of beheading were made.
A police spokesman confirmed the 41-year-old man allegedly suffered minor bruising in the attack and reported it later by telephone to Kings Cross police.
“The two men were described as being of middle eastern appearance,” the spokesman said.
Defence force families have already been put on high alert after an incident in Western Sydney in which two men of Middle Eastern appearance approached the house of a serving soldier and asked if defence force personnel lived there.
They left after the wife of the soldier told them “no”.
NSW Police have also been told to be “vigilant” following the Melbourne attack by radicalised teenager Numan Haider.
on 26-09-2014 10:43 AM
@punch*drunk wrote:There's about to be a press conference held with Ken Lay and President of the Australian National Imams Council Sheikh Abdul Azim, apparently its about harmony in the community.
To the whole media?
Is it on ABC24?
on 26-09-2014 10:44 AM
@*julia*2010 wrote:this is part of the footage
i saw yesterday. is that what
you saw ufo?
It was channel 9 news I saw it on and those look like the women I saw on tv.
on 26-09-2014 10:44 AM
on 26-09-2014 10:47 AM
@punch*drunk wrote:Not sure, I just saw it on the Vic Police facebook page. Its due to start now.
Thanks, found it. ABC24 said it's coming up in a moment.
on 26-09-2014 10:56 AM
@karliandjacko wrote:
@*julia*2010 wrote:
@karliandjacko wrote:Were they rollo's of the dead person, or friends?
People say stupid things at times of stress. It's not an excuse but hopefully they'll change their minds when the whole story comes out.
If they weren't closely associated they're just trouble making loud mouths.
I completely agree. they would have been
distressed, no doubt about that but such attitudes
are not helping at all. they create more resentment.
they were outside the home of the family of the
deceased. they were part of a large group of
family and friends. they were there to offer support
to the grieving parents.
Thanks for that. Trauma and grief can cause people to say stupid things they would not ordinarily say. On reflection and as the truth comes out they will see things differently.
It's like calling the car driver in a fatal accident a murderer in the heat of the moment.
yes, i get that.
its the community/religious leaders'
attitudes and messages that concern
me more. imo the main objective should be
to defuse the tension.
on 26-09-2014 11:01 AM
Sheik Azim is a voice of calm.
on 26-09-2014 11:09 AM
@bluecat*dancing wrote:Sheik Azim is a voice of calm.
If he's the man I just saw talking he certainly is.
on 26-09-2014 11:18 AM
Grieving, angry, young woman speaking in the heat of the moment.
Nobody should be deported for that. That would be a complete over reaction.
on 26-09-2014 11:23 AM
@punch*drunk wrote:Not sure, I just saw it on the Vic Police facebook page. Its due to start now.
beautiful was the word that came to mind
to describe the words of sheikh abdul azim.
press conference now addressing
the investigation of the shooting.
26-09-2014 12:07 PM - edited 26-09-2014 12:08 PM
Just heard on news; the Uniformed Australian Defence Force member has withdrawn his accusation and police are investigating. I wondered why it took him so long to report it, and why he would drive all the way from Bella Vista to Kings Cross to do it.