Australia

Muslim migrant on terror watch list stabs tourist, cops say they don’t know his motivation

FEB 24, 2020 1:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER30 COMMENTS

How long are authorities in non-Muslim countries going to keep up this ridiculous charade and keep on pretending that there is no global jihad?

“Brisbane stabber was on counter terror list, police reveal,” 9News, February 23, 2020:

The man shot dead by police after stabbing a young tourist in Brisbane’s CBD this morning was on a counter terror watch list, police have revealed.

The 25-year-old was born in Afghanistan but had been living in Australia and was known to police, but detectives say at this stage they are not treating his actions as a terror attack.

The man, whose name has not yet been released, was shot by police after he stabbed an overseas tourist with a knife on Mary Street around 10am today.

The 26-year-old male victim was walking down Mary Street with a woman, at 10am when they were approached by the man, who they say was “behaving strangely”.

He stopped in front of them and said nothing as he pulled a knife out of his bag, police say.

The pair fled, with the woman making it back to their hotel room.

However, the attacker chased the man, and hit him in the face, breaking his nose and injuring his lip before stabbing him in the back.

Police say he was trying to run when he was stabbed.

“The male, the victim then turned to run away further. He then felt in his back something sharp, which we now believe he was stabbed,” Detective Superintendent Tony Fleming told reporters.

Det Supt. Fleming says officers were alerted to the stabbing over their radio, prompting a police car to drive down Mary Street to confront the attacker.

They shot him after he approached them with a knife….

Det Sup Int Fleming said the attacker was known to police and said a wide ranging investigation would take place, including looking at potential terrorism related motives….

“All the information to us at the moment was that this person was acting alone, came into the city alone, did those actions alone – but we just don’t take anything for granted,” Det Supt. Supt Fleming, said.

“We don’t know the motivation for this attack today but obviously we treat it very seriously….