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| New Zealand to Criminalize Attack Planning after Mall Stabbing |
| 2021-09-05 |
| [ENGLISH.AAWSAT] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed on Saturday to tighten counter-terrorism laws this month after a knife-wielding hard boy known to the authorities stabbed and maimed seven people in a supermarket. but now they'll add charges against the dead guy? WTF? Police rubbed out the 32-year-old attacker, a Sri Lankan national who had been convicted and imprisoned for about three years before being released in July, moments after he launched his stabbing spree on Friday. Ardern said earlier the man was inspired by the ISIS hard boy group and was being monitored constantly but could not be kept in prison by law any longer. "I am committing, that as soon as Parliament resumes, we will complete that work - that means working to pass the law as soon as possible, and no later than by the end of this month," Ardern told a news conference. while smoking crack The Counter Terror Legislation Bill criminalizes planning and preparation that might lead to terror attack, closing what critics have said has been a loophole allowing plotters to stay free. But Ardern said it would not be fair to assume that the tighter law would have made a difference in this case. "This was a highly motivated individual who used a supermarket visit as a shield for an attack. That is an incredibly tough set of circumstances," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 They'll still be able to attack random people, but will have to be in an unplanned manner. Got it. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-09-05 11:13 |