We reported yesterday the irony of Obama pointed to Australia as a model of how to approach gun violence. Obama also tried to diminish the concern about terrorism, saying there were fewer terrorist incidents ‘gun violence’. Obviously, there are fewer murders than there are thefts so we should ignore them, right?
As if to refute Obama on both counts, this attack yesterday involves a 15 year old who should not have been able to legally possess a gun, yet had one anyway. He went directly from a mosque to dancing over the body of his victim, raising his gun hand in the air and then shouting, ‘Allahu Akbar’, according to witnesses.
Via Daily Mail:
The father-of-two shot dead at point-blank range by a ‘radicalised’ 15-year-old has been described as a ‘gentle’ man who had worked as an accountant for police for 17 years.
Police are now probing why Curtis Cheng, 58, who had never worn a uniform, was targeted by lone gunman Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad in a ‘brutal’ and ‘callous murder’ on Friday.
He was ‘just leaving work’ at the police headquarters in Parramatta, Sydney, when he was shot in the back of the head by the Iranian-born youth – who was then gunned down by officers.
Mr Cheng, who worked in the Finance and Business Services department for 17 years, had a loving wife and two adult children, both in their 20s.
His grieving relatives were pictured today after speaking to police about the double shooting which had been described by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as an ‘act of terrorism’.