Posted on 11/18/2016 4:14:12 AM PST by Candor7
At least 27 people have been injured after a man set fire to a branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the Melbourne suburb of Springvale, according to local media reports. Police say the man has been hospitalized in serious condition.
Several people who were inside the bank at the time of the incident are being treated for serious burns.
Twenty-one people, including three children, are being treated for smoke inhalation, The Age reported.
Just trying to make a withdrawal or was this terror?
Self immolation is rather out of the ordinary in Oz.
Pity it didn’t go off prematurely.
Good idea! Burn the money! That’ll show ‘em!
Madame Nhu not available for comment.
Stupid, muslim and ablaze in no way to go through life, son...
This is a new one: Allahu akbarbeque.
“Give a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, but set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.”
Love, Terry Pratchett
Now I will go postal? LOL.
This is a new one: Allahu akbarbeque.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The barbie down under?
Holy Fark!
Buahahahahahahhaha!
Coffee all over my keyboard.
You have to allow be to get ready before posting like that!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38022452
A little more from the BBC. No ID or motive yet.
Apparently he lit himself up and there was an explosion, maybe the thing went off prematurely. Hard to say.
Pretty good detail here, including a surveillance video:
Unconfirmed reports suggest the man was from Myanmar and had spent time in detention on Christmas Island. The Herald Sun reports the man had been living in Australia on a bridging visa.
Some Myanmar background:
Ah yes, in Myanmar self immolation is a traditional way of suicide.
I suppose they might train him as a fireman should he recover from his personal BBQ.
Walk into a bank and “poof.” Definitely not Oz in style.
Self-immolation=Buddhist. I think this perp was rohingya=muslim.
He wanted the Bank to give him money...and when they didn’t, he returned and did what muslims are told to do to infidels. Burn them.
Could be wrong, but that’s what it looks like to me.
rohingya=muslim.
Yes, I would agree.
This is now getting very interesting.
Oz is now admitting Muslims from Myanmar? They certainly got under the skins of Myanmar Buddhists recently, and believe me , it tales an awful lot of bad to accomplish that.
Any new information?
Nothing absolutely solid yet, but it is looking like it may have been about money pure and simple. Some sort of dispute with the bank.
Thank you, hoping you’re having a pleasant weekend.
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