Yesterday in Sydney, Australia, a man entered a Lindt Chocolate shop and held the many people inside hostage for over 16 hours. The gunman demanded to speak to Australia's Prime Minister and made many other requests. At about 2 AM Sydney time, the police outside heard gunshots inside and decided to enter the cafe. Two of the seventeen hostages were killed; one trying to disarm the gunman and the other death is not clear at the time. As the media got more involved, it came out that this man was out on bail for 40 counts of sexual assault and an accessory to his ex-wife's murder. He also pleaded guilty to writing hateful letters to the families of fallen Australian service members, calling them "Hitler's soldiers". He was a violent man who should not have been walking the streets, in my opinion. He was a self-styled Muslim who believed in Radical Sunni Theology. He is believed to have been trying to get a message out to the Australian government and possibly America that he and others do not support Australia and America's support in the fight against ISIL.
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Analysis: This is like the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. A rebel force decided to bomb America and cause a huge scene to get their point across. They did not support the United States' opinions and decisions and decided to go to drastic measures to prove themselves and their side. It is sad to think that people feel they have to act in such a way to get their views noticed. These sad occurrences because of extremist groups such as ISIS/ISIL are not necessary and should be avoided at all costs.
Wow it is just terrible knowing that people like this will still go to such extremes to make others notice how they feel. I'm surprised that he was ever let out of jail. One can only hope that he will return for a very long time.
ReplyDeleteI agree this is very scary. It was very courageous of the two people to try to stop the gunman.
ReplyDeleteMaddie Murphy pd 6