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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
It's a miracle more weren't killed. Thankfully, the Aussie police were very competent in dealing with this.
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Agreed. The NSW Police are a great bunch.
It's a shame the gunman died. I would've liked to have seen him on trial, and rotting in prison (we don't have the death penalty here). As it is, he'll probably be made a Martyr by some idiots.
It's dreadful that two of the hostages were killed, but it could have been much worse. Still, I can't imagine what their families are going through right now.
I've been impressed by the Islamic community's response to this. They did the usual (sane) thing and condemned the gunman, but one Mosque (the closest to the siege, I think) actually went as far as to host a inter-faith prayer vigil for the hostages. While the gunman was spreading a message of hate in the name of Islam, his fellow Muslims were inviting a Rabbi into a Mosque.