Australia - Martin Place siege: 2 Hostages killed in Lindt Chocolate shop, Dec 2014 - #2

[Ellmau]

The flowers are beautiful.

 

[Ausgirl]

The flowers are beautiful.

I can't look at the tribute pics without tears in my eyes.

And thinking of the two families who've lost loved ones, and the children who will spend Christmas in mourning for their mother.

IMO, anyone expressing out loud any degree of support for this attack NEEDS to have their passport/citizenship revoked immediately -- along with that of their known relatives/associates. It's time we just shut the door on people who hate this nation.

 

[SouthAussie]

The flowers are beautiful.

People were continuing to line up during the night to lay flowers, and according to Ch 7 morning news were seen when they arrived at work at 5am this morning still laying flowers.

This was 10pm last night.

The queue grows longer at 10pm

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...157698015?nk=05089cf6141cae6a6b1f03de0f6ca841

 

[Ausgirl]

I also think the gun lobbyists using this tragedy as a platform is DISGUSTING.

 

[SouthAussie]

“I couldn’t afford to get here but I just told the taxi driver that I had to get to Martin Place and he replied: ‘Get in — I’ll take you’,” one mourner explained.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...157698015?nk=05089cf6141cae6a6b1f03de0f6ca841

 

[SouthAussie]

I also think the gun lobbyists using this tragedy as a platform is DISGUSTING.

Unfortunately, it is going to happen Ausgirl, as many people ask what he was doing with a sawn off shotgun … using an illegal weapon to take hostages and terrorise a city. The other side will push back.

People want to know how his pen changed into a shotgun.

"This pen is my gun, and these words are my bullets," he had said outside a Sydney court after he was charged over the letters.
"I'll fight with these weapons against oppression to promote peace."

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/this-pen-...is-failed-high-court-bid-20141216-1283ej.html

 

[wendiesan]

Prayers for the families of the victims.

 

[sweetcaro]

As I went to bed last night I thought of Katrina's poor children entering a second night without Mum. They are so young.

 

[Ausgirl]

Martin Place siege: people share selfies and jokes on Twitter

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/martin-pl...ies-and-jokes-on-twitter-20141215-127mn4.html

:notgood::no:

 

[SouthAussie]

They are speaking on Ch 7 Sunrise about how snipers took over the level 4 newsroom and kept one Ch 7 cameraman (Greg Parker) with them, having him keep sweeping the Lindt café windows with his high power 600mil lens and telling them of any movement inside.

His camera vision was also immediately relayed back to the police command post, with Ch 7 agreeing not to show any of the vision during the siege.

Greg said he was in awe of the police, that the sniper sitting beside him did not take his eye off the situation for 16 straight hours ... his rifle was trained on the café the entire time.

Greg was there for the whole thing, and is still visibly shaken and choked up by his experience ... counselling sessions are in place.

 

[Ausgirl]

Tony Abbott: Martin Place siege gunman was known to ASIO but not on terror watch list

The Sydney siege gunman was not on any government terror watch lists despite having a long criminal history, mental instability and an "infatuation with extremism", Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...not-on-terror-watch-list-20141216-128hdj.html

 

[SouthAussie]

As I went to bed last night I thought of Katrina's poor children entering a second night without Mum. They are so young.

It is going to be a very tough Christmas for them ... and for everyone intimately involved. Their lives have been turned upside down.

 

[Ausgirl]

Mr Khalik said that Monis and Pal had two sons.

Monis, a self-styled sheik, made Pal wear a hijab and stopped her from contacting non-Muslims, he said.

"We found out he was hitting her and stuff, and he was telling his kids white people are bad."

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-si...l-furious-gunman-on-bail-20141215-127z7s.html

 

[Ausgirl]

Sydney siege ends: PM Tony Abbott visits Martin Place

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-si...ts-martin-place-memorial-20141216-128foy.html

headline says it all....

 

[Ellmau]

The Australian people's reaction is wonderful - so moving.

 

[SouthAussie]

Awww ... gulp :tears: ... they are showing the people in the flower queue last night all singing ... 'people say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one'.

Ch 7 News

 

[Ausgirl]

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Diana Abdel-Rahman, president of Australian Muslim Voice, told the ABC there was an air of "expectation" among Australian Muslims and said she was worried about reprisal attacks.

Ms Abdel-Rahman said she stayed up all night watching live coverage of the siege, praying that nobody would die.

She described the subsequent shooting as "a tragic moment" in Australia's history, that must not be viewed through the prism of religion.

"I reminded myself of Martin Bryant, when he committed that crime all those years ago and killed so many people. [He was] another person who was deranged, who had a history of issues, who just went on a rampage and killed innocent people," she said.

"It's not the first time in Australia. Society is full of complex people. People do things for all sorts of reasons and some people will enact their anger in society and will take it out on innocent people. This guy just happens to be a person who calls himself a Muslim. His actions are obviously not that of a Muslim."

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-...adness-frustration-after-sydney-siege/5971482

I hope so too.

My thoughts are also with our many Muslim citizens, for all the anguish and fear Haron has caused them, too. May everyone stay safe.

 

[Amee]

Iran says it requested the extradition of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis 14 years ago, but Australia refused to hand him over because there was no extradition agreement between the two countries.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-...t-sydney-siege-gunman-man-haron-monis/5972288

 

[drsleuth]

https://twitter.com/702sydney

 

[drsleuth]

https://twitter.com/champy/status/544995204160188417/photo/1