Australia : At least seven children killed in mass stabbing in Cairns

[B00Mer]

Australia: At least seven children killed in mass stabbing in Cairns

Queensland police are investigating a horrific scene in Cairns in which at least seven children are believed to have been stabbed to death.

The children are reportedly aged between three and 14 but this could not be confirmed.

The deaths took place at a property on Murray Street in the Cairns suburb of Manoora.

A 34-year-old woman is assisting police with their enquiries.
Police are yet to officially confirm the number of deaths or the nature of injuries.

However, a far north regional crime co-ordinator, Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar, told Guardian Australia the public had nothing to fear from the incident, which officers now had in hand.

A media conference is due to be held shortly.

more news to follow..

source: At least seven children killed in mass stabbing in Cairns | Australia news | The Guardian

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Australia is having a bad go of it this Christmas Season.

 

[eh1eh]

If those kids only were allowed to open carry none of this would have happened.

 

[spaminator]

8 kids stabbed to death in Australia
Matt Siegel, Reuters
First posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:18 PM EST | Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014 01:36 AM EST
SYDNEY - Eight children have been killed and a woman injured, police said on Friday, during what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing in Australia's tropical northern city of Cairns.
Australia is already in a state of heightened alert after police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning to end a 16-hour hostage standoff in which three people were killed, including the hostage-taker.
Queensland state police said in a statement they were called to a house in the Cairns suburb of Manoora just before midday after reports of a woman with serious injuries on the premises.
They found the bodies of the children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, when they were examining the location.
It was not immediately clear whether the children were from one family, what their relationship was to the injured woman, or whether the woman was involved in their deaths, police said.
The woman, aged 34, is receiving treatment for her injuries, police said, and is assisting them with their investigation.
While unrelated to the mass stabbing in Cairns, the Sydney siege has triggered an outpouring of grief, with shocked Australians laying thousands of bouquets of flowers at a makeshift shrine in a central city mall near the siege cafe.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the events in Cairns "heartbreaking" and acknowledged that these were "trying days" for Australia.
"All parents would feel a gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened. This is an unspeakable crime. Tonight, there will be tears and prayers across our country for these children," he said in a media release.
Police in Cairns urged calm.
"There is no need for the public to be concerned about this, other than it is a tragic, tragic event. The situation is well controlled at the moment and there shouldn't be any concerns for anyone else," Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar told reporters.
Specialist officers were being sent from Brisbane, the state capital, to assist with the investigation, Asnicar said. He stressed that information was still sparse and that the number of dead could rise or fall.
"I believe there is eight ... the scene has been locked down and that may go up or down," Asnicar said.
Australian media outlets reported that the neighbourhood was predominantly inhabited by indigenous Aboriginal Australians, and was known by residents to have a high crime rate.
8 kids stabbed to death in Australia | World | News | Toronto Sun

 

[Ludlow]

At this time of the year , isn't there something positive? Some kind of news story that is uplifting? Surely there has to be some kind of something to bring folks up, and not make people sad.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

At this time of the year , isn't there something positive? Some kind of news story that is uplifting? Surely there has to be some kind of something to bring folks up, and not make people sad.

What, from Australia? Not likely. I mean, look at their police tape. Those idiots don't even know police tape is YELLOW!

 

[Blackleaf]

Those idiots don't even know police tape is YELLOW!

Australia is a British colony, not an American one, and their police forces and justice system is modelled on Britain's. The blue and whites checks are British police colours.

 

[B00Mer]

Australia is a British colony, not an American one, and their police forces and justice system is modelled on Britain's. The blue and whites checks are British police colours.

Looks more official

What, from Australia? Not likely. I mean, look at their police tape. Those idiots don't even know police tape is YELLOW!

Try to get out of your cave more often.. there are different cultures and countries outside the USA.. :lol:

 

[Goober]

At this time of the year , isn't there something positive? Some kind of news story that is uplifting? Surely there has to be some kind of something to bring folks up, and not make people sad.

Try this,SLM started it, it is a great thread.
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/members-lounge/113308-celebrating-humanity.html

Australia is a British colony, not an American one, and their police forces and justice system is modelled on Britain's. The blue and whites checks are British police colours.

Australia was a British Colony who along with the other colonies saved your respective bacon at Waterloo.

 

[EagleSmack]

What, from Australia? Not likely. I mean, look at their police tape. Those idiots don't even know police tape is YELLOW!

Wow... you caught a number of fish on just one cast!

Well done.

 

[gore0bsessed]

Australia is a former British colony

fixed


good thing firearm was not used in this situation or the casualties could have been much worse.
if not for harsher gun laws this indeed would have been a much deadlier situation.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)

 

[B00Mer]

good thing firearm was not used in this situation or the casualties could have been much worse. if not for harsher gun laws this indeed would have been a much deadlier situation.

Yeah their gun laws worked well in the Sydney cafe.

All Gun laws do is keep guns out of law abiding citizens.. Criminals will get guns regardless of the law, hence the reason they are called criminals and have no respect for the law, or gun laws..

Fukking Gun Law activists are friggin daft.

 

[darkbeaver]

Sydney's chief Islamic *funeral director yesterday declared no Muslim funeral home would accept the body of terrorist Man Haron Monis and authorities should just dump his corpse at sea or “chuck him in the bloody ****house”.

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[B00Mer]

Sydney's chief Islamic *funeral director yesterday declared no Muslim funeral home would accept the body of terrorist Man Haron Monis and authorities should just dump his corpse at sea or “chuck him in the bloody ****house”.

​

Why don't they just donate the body to the University for med students to use then send what's left to the local dump for the buzzards to feed on.

 

[Goober]

Yeah their gun laws worked well in the Sydney cafe.

All Gun laws do is keep guns out of law abiding citizens.. Criminals will get guns regardless of the law, hence the reason they are called criminals and have no respect for the law, or gun laws..

Fukking Gun Law activists are friggin daft.

Yeah, lets be gun ffn crazy like the US.

 

[B00Mer]

Yeah, lets be gun ffn crazy like the US.

OK..

stat.. more states have become concealed carry states in the last 10 years.

stat.. crime has gone down 50% in the USA in the last 10 years.. accept in those states that still have stick gun laws, example New York and Chicago crime is the highest in the nation.

BTW, in Edmonton they caught the Mexican cartel with enough guns to start WWII, all illegal in Canada. How's your gun laws now.

 

[Goober]

OK..

stat.. more states have become concealed carry states in the last 10 years.

stat.. crime has gone down 50% in the USA in the last 10 years.. accept in those states that still have stick gun laws, example New York and Chicago crime is the highest in the nation.

BTW, in Edmonton they caught the Mexican cartel with enough guns to start WWII, all illegal in Canada. How's your gun laws now.

Need I say more than this story.
Dog shoots man after being told to move from front seat to back seat | National Post

 

[darkbeaver]

At this time of the year , isn't there something positive? Some kind of news story that is uplifting? Surely there has to be some kind of something to bring folks up, and not make people sad.

Christmas day the sun starts to come back. That's why we get happy this time of the year.

 

[skookumchuck]

Need I say more than this story.
Dog shoots man after being told to move from front seat to back seat | National Post

Best you go play with the other boys who are not boys.

 

[spaminator]

Mother arrested for murder of eight children
Jane Wardell, Reuters
First posted: Friday, December 19, 2014 06:28 PM EST | Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014 06:38 PM EST
SYDNEY - The 37-year-old mother of most of the eight children found dead in a mass stabbing in Australia's tropical northern city of Cairns was arrested on Saturday for murder.
Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said the woman is under police guard in hospital, where she was taken on Friday with stab wounds. She has not yet been formally charged.
"She's awake and lucid and able to speak," Asnicar told reporters. "At this time we are not looking for anybody else."
The woman was the mother of seven of the eight children, aged 18 months to 15 years, Asnicar said. The eighth child was her niece.
The tragedy has shocked Australia, coming just days after police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning to end a 16-hour hostage standoff in which three people were killed, including the hostage-taker.
With the country already on heightened alert, Queensland police stressed that the stabbings were a domestic incident and there was no cause for alarm in the wider community.
Asnicar said forensics teams had completed their investigation and the children's bodies had been removed from the house.
"We have located a number of weapons," including knives, Asnicar told reporters.
"Today we will have our coroner and pathologist conducting their investigations with the assistance of the family," he said.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the events in Cairns "heartbreaking" and acknowledged that these were "trying days" for Australia.
Locals held a candlelight vigil for the children on Friday evening and began to lay flowers at a makeshift shrine, echoing a large floral memorial in Sydney where thousands of bouquets were placed for those killed in the cafe siege.
The Cairns family were members of the Torres Strait Islander community, a group of indigenous Australians viewed as distinct from the broader Aboriginal community due to their origins on islands off the Queensland coast.
Northern Region Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Taylor said police were working closely with the Torres Strait Islander community in Cairns "who may be directly affected by this tragedy."
Queensland state police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar (L) stands with police officers at the crime scene where a mass stabbing took place, in the suburb of Manoora in Cairns in this December 19, 2014 still image taken from video provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Eight children have been killed and a woman injured, police said on Friday, during what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing. Queensland state police said in a statement they were called to the house in Manoora just before midday after reports of a woman with serious injuries on the premises. They found the bodies of the children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, when they were examining the location. REUTERS/ABC/Reuters TV

Mother arrested for murder of eight children | World | News | Toronto Sun

 

[B00Mer]

Even with all the fancy gun laws for LEGAL GUN OWNERS in Canada, the criminals will steal them, or smuggle them into Canada from the USA..

Weapons stolen from southeast Calgary gun range - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

The gun pipeline: Mules who bring firearms across border pay high price for fast money | Toronto Star

It's the Prohibition Days in the USA, just reverse. Soon we will be like California buckling under the costs to house all these criminals..

Time to update Canadian Gun Laws.. take the AR 15 off the street and allow hand guns.. no more than 9 rounds.

People should be allowed to protect themselves.. and hunt.. and a military grade AR 15 is currently legal in Canada. (Shakes Head).

You can buy this is Canada.

http://gun-shop.ca/product-tag/ar15/

In this photo illustration, a Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle is seen with ammunition on December 18, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The weapon is similar in style to the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that was used during a massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Firearm sales have surged recently as speculation of stricter gun laws and a re-instatement of the assault weapons ban following the mass shooting.