A French suspect, 29......

[Sylvaforever]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37171751


Poor woman and her critically injured companion, the dog and the local who tried to intervene...

[Digga]

It's a terrible, inhuman sickness that pervades. RIP

[Jasandjules]

Poor girl.

[AJS-]

Motives entirely unclear...

[JagLover]

AJS- said:

Motives entirely unclear...

......No doubt mental illness is to blame.

[johnfm]

Feel very very sorry for the parents. My daughter is currently do the same thing, staying in hostels around Asia. I cannot imagine losing her.

[Jasandjules]

JagLover said:

......No doubt mental illness is to blame.

Certainly that is what the article suggests, though there appears to be no basis for this i.e. no suggestion he was under a mental health team's care of somesuch.

[mwstewart]

johnfm said:

Feel very very sorry for the parents. My daughter is currently do the same thing, staying in hostels around Asia. I cannot imagine losing her.

Don't worry. Easier said than done but she'll be fine.

[BlackLabel]

Sadly the man who tried to save this poor girl has now died too.

"A British man who was injured trying to save a fellow backpacker as she was stabbed to death in Australia has died, Queensland Police has said."

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/am...

Meanwhile the mother of the girl thinks the killing had nothing at all to do with terrorism/religion.

"A British backpacker murdered in Australia will have a reading from the Qur’an at her funeral to counter the “misrepresentation” of her killing as an act of terrorism, her mother has said."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/30/br...

[johnfm]

mwstewart said:

johnfm said:

Feel very very sorry for the parents. My daughter is currently do the same thing, staying in hostels around Asia. I cannot imagine losing her.

Don't worry. Easier said than done but she'll be fine.

Oh, I know it is statistically very^10 unlikely - but it still generates some concern of 'wrong place, wrong time'.

[mygoldfishbowl]

BlackLabel said:

Sadly the man who tried to save this poor girl has now died too.

"A British man who was injured trying to save a fellow backpacker as she was stabbed to death in Australia has died, Queensland Police has said."

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/am...

Meanwhile the mother of the girl thinks the killing had nothing at all to do with terrorism/religion.

"A British backpacker murdered in Australia will have a reading from the Qur’an at her funeral to counter the “misrepresentation” of her killing as an act of terrorism, her mother has said."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/30/br...

So a fella stabbing people yelling Allahu akbar has nothing to do with religion.. Offff course not.

[AJS-]

How inclusive.

Hopefully when the dull witted clot of a minister who suggested this insult picks up the koran to start looking for a suitable quote he will find out just how easily this sort of "misrepresentation" can come about.

[Escapegoat]

mygoldfishbowl said:

So a fella stabbing people yelling Allahu akbar has nothing to do with religion.. Offff course not.

First, the victim's mother, who has a fuller picture of the horrible event than you, thinks not.

Second, when you or I say "Cor blimey" we don't expect an imaginary sky fairy to swoop down and pluck our eyes out.

Third, let's try this:
1) All dogs have fur
2) Your pet has fur
3) Therefore your pet is a dog

[SilverSpur]

There's no reason why a Muslim fella can't be a psychotic nut bag with a fixation for a beautiful girl just like any other psychotic nut bag. It doesn't make him an Islamist fundamentalist terrorist if he shouts allah Akbar, he's just a psychotic nut bag with a religious leaning that has lost his mind and his grip on reality. I do however hope he rots in jail forever though.

Allah Akbar is uttered/shouted by Muslims that are fighting ISIS in Syria when they attack as well. It's not purely a phrase used by "the bad guys".