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Well done Australian police!
December 22, 2016 at 11:29 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38411935
Quote:Australian police say they have foiled a terror attack planned for Melbourne on Christmas Day.
Five men are in custody after early-morning raids on Friday, Victoria Police chief Graham Ashton said.
Mr Ashton said the threat involved "use of explosives" and other weapons including "knives or a firearm".
The threat was to prominent city locations including Flinders St Station, Federation Square and St Paul's Cathedral, he said.
Mr Ashton said there was no longer a threat to the public.
"We don't have any threat over and above that threat that we've currently neutralised," he said at a press conference.
'Self-radicalised'
Four of the suspects were Australian-born men in their 20s of a Lebanese background, while the fifth was an Australian of Egyptian origin, Mr Ashton said.
I reckon there's more to come though, hopefully Europe and everywhere else can get through Christmas and new year without another terrorist situation.
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RE: Well done Australian police!
December 22, 2016 at 11:44 pm
(This post was last modified: December 22, 2016 at 11:46 pm by ignoramus.)
You know how they say that Qantas is the safest airline...
I reckon they'll kill 2 birds with one stone one day. double whammy!
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RE: Well done Australian police!
December 23, 2016 at 5:01 am
Good for them. Al-Saud and al-Thami's henchmen were foiled this time but the supply of money will continue to corrupt people. Very unfortunate that nation states are working to spread hate and fear.
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RE: Well done Australian police!
December 23, 2016 at 8:26 am
Additionally well done to the Italian police who shot dead the Berlin suspect.
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RE: Well done Australian police!
December 23, 2016 at 10:40 am
Apparently the German police also prevented an attack on a shopping center.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/world/germ...rror-plot/
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RE: Well done Australian police!
December 23, 2016 at 10:48 am
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The world is getting pretty good at stopping terrorists now. It's a good thing, but a bad thing that it had to come to that.
You know, we should make counter threads to all the "damned __________" threads here. Where we post stories of all the *good* things those ppl have done.
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RE: Well done Australian police!
December 23, 2016 at 1:29 pm
Religious peace and tolerance. How wonderful!
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