Guest The Pom Queen Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 What tragic news. I am flying up there tomorrow if there are any backpackers currently at the hostel and wish for somewhere to stay please pm me. Thoughts and prayers to all affected :hug: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/british-woman-dead-two-injured-in-backpacker-hostel-stabbing/news-story/c09611356e6e9ea8b7ed65ac9a8ba63d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Why the duplicate thread ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Why the duplicate thread ? Cos this one is (correctly) about a stabbing in Townsville, not a terrorist attack in Brisbane, maybe??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Just sickening. The killer was a French national chanting Islamic slogans in Arabic so it may be the crime of a radicalized nutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Just sickening. The killer was a French national chanting Islamic slogans in Arabic so it may be the crime of a radicalized nutter. More likely just a suffer of mental illness or a fight getting way out of hand. Best wait for what comes to light than jumping to any conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Why the duplicate thread ? Because this is more sensible and not shouting "MUSLIM TERROISTS IN OZ, LETS KICK THEM ALL OUT" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 You do realise it was a young woman who he stabbed to death ? Another man is critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Just sickening. The killer was a French national chanting Islamic slogans in Arabic so it may be the crime of a radicalized nutter. It might be or just a random nutcase shouting it for effect with no connection to terrorist organizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 You do realise it was a young woman who he stabbed to death ? Another man is critical. And? whats your point, we all can read the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Why the duplicate thread ? Firstly, I don't need to provide any explanation for what I post on my forum thanks, secondly as we have really bad internet with limited service until we are connected at the end of the month I don't have time to trawl through every single thread or post looking. Thirdly, I've just looked on the forum at all the thread titles and can't see anything about what happened up here, unless you are meaning your headline of terrorist attack in Brisbane which I haven't heard about yet, I can't find anything about a terrorist attack in Brisbane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Until more news is released about this horrific incident, wouldn't it be better to just take a breath? Maybe he was just a stuffed in the head drunk Frenchman, or maybe he was a moslem on a jihad mission. We just don't know. Just hope the police reveal the truth and the media report it as such, whatever it is. Bottom line is though that a young British girl is dead..... just imagine what her family are going through right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTA Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Until more news is released about this horrific incident, wouldn't it be better to just take a breath? Maybe he was just a stuffed in the head drunk Frenchman, or maybe he was a moslem on a jihad mission. We just don't know. Just hope the police reveal the truth and the media report it as such, whatever it is. Bottom line is though that a young British girl is dead..... just imagine what her family are going through right now! Bottom line is that this will not be reported as a Islamic terrorist act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTA Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I can't imagine what her family is going through. It really goes to show that it can happen to anyone, anywhere and at any moment. Home Hill is the last place on earth where I would expect something like this to happen. I initially thought jilted admirer: Beautiful girl... Boy who does not fully understand the idea of consent... But it has been reported he didn't know the victims and had no bad feeling towards them personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Bottom line is that this will not be reported as a Islamic terrorist act. Spot on ...it will be put down as mental illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I can't imagine what her family is going through. It really goes to show that it can happen to anyone, anywhere and at any moment. Home Hill is the last place on earth where I would expect something like this to happen.I initially thought jilted admirer: Beautiful girl... Boy who does not fully understand the idea of consent... But it has been reported he didn't know the victims and had no bad feeling towards them personally. That's not how it's being reported in the UK: According to the Herald Sun, Frenchman Smail Ayad was arrested at the scene of the attack but has yet to be formally charged. The paper stated cops were probing a theory that he may have been infatuated with Mia, who was staying at the hostel while working as a fruitpicker. Ayad, 29, had told other backpackers the pair were deeply in love and married – but his alleged obsession turned sour after hearing she posed for revealing photos and did not reciprocate his feelings, the Townsville Bulletin reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Spot on ...it will be put down as mental illness. Because that is what it increasingly looks and appeared that way from the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 That's not how it's being reported in the UK: According to the Herald Sun, Frenchman Smail Ayad was arrested at the scene of the attack but has yet to be formally charged. The paper stated cops were probing a theory that he may have been infatuated with Mia, who was staying at the hostel while working as a fruitpicker. Ayad, 29, had told other backpackers the pair were deeply in love and married – but his alleged obsession turned sour after hearing she posed for revealing photos and did not reciprocate his feelings, the Townsville Bulletin reported. I hadn't read the Herald Sun report, but always considered something along those lines as being the most probable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Because that is what it increasingly looks and appeared that way from the start. Any evidence to support your theory of mental illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Any evidence to support your theory of mental illness. Look I know you will it to be a terror attack, but doesn't really stack up. Thing being you've no evidence beyond a wish that it was of any other nature. The Herald Sun link likely points to the reasoning don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I guess anyone who stabs someone to death has mental health issues. Of course the government doesn't want any mention of the T word. If they check out the killer's background and find out he has any radical Islam links it will look like a security failure. I know we need cheap labour for fruit and veggie picking but do they just let anyone in on a WHV without a background check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I guess anyone who stabs someone to death has mental health issues. Of course the government doesn't want any mention of the T word. If they check out the killer's background and find out he has any radical Islam links it will look like a security failure. I know we need cheap labour for fruit and veggie picking but do they just let anyone in on a WHV without a background check? Or else it allows the government a carte bleu reason to further take away freedoms by bringing draconian laws. It is unusual for voters to extinguish a government in time of national crisis as well. In that sense the build up of fear falls into the lap of present government. The French national in question was not on the radar of his home authorities it appears, hence the Herald Sun article for reasons behind the outrage ,appears about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Any evidence to support your theory of mental illness. Of course the former Soviet Union, locked up believers in religion anyway, considering them to be suffering mental illness. A bit before time, according to many in the West, that would agree with such sentiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Any evidence to support your theory of mental illness. I would think anyone who stabbed someone to death as severe mental health issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb65 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The individual has been charged now anyway and for sure sounds like an obsession based crime. As for the arabic chant so many people these days seem to want to hear what they want to hear and maybe not what was actually said. Even if what was said was actually said does not mean a common phrase in the arab or islamic world makes everyone there a terrorist and if said in this case more likely said for effect, although none of us here were there so these are just opinions much like the press reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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