HAZARD Posted October 28, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 320 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 6,830 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3,570 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted October 28, 2016 Whats wrong with people these days? The place is going nuts? ****************************************************************************************** Passenger sets bus driver alight in Brisbane. . . . . . 33 mins ago A bus driver has died after a man poured flammable liquid on him and set him alight at a bus stop at Moorooka in Brisbane's south, police say. Six people were on the council bus at the time of the attack, Superintendent Jim Keogh said, with a number treated for minor injuries and smoke inhalation. Onlookers broke through the back doors of the bus to get the passengers out. Superintendent Keogh said the 29-year-old driver was set on fire after being doused in fuel as a man got on the bus at the Moorvale shops. A 48-year-old man has been taken into police custody over the attack, which police said appeared to be random. "Words escape me, it's a horrific incident here in the quiet suburb of Moorooka," Superintendent Keogh said at the scene. "A bus driver, going about doing his business, supporting the community, has had his life taken from him in what is a senseless and needless act. "The fire was substantial, he would have stood little chance." Superintendent Keogh said the passengers were visibly shaken and considered themselves lucky. "It's lucky the whole bus didn't become engulfed in flames. "They are traumatised. "It was rather rapid." Taxi driver Aguek Nyok was walking past the bus when the fire started and said he kicked in the bus's back door to free trapped passengers. "Unfortunately I couldn't go inside because there were fumes," he said. "It was smoky, you can't even think of going there, and the fire was getting higher and higher." One witness said she helped passengers, including some young children, get off the bus. "They were lucky to survive," she said. "[They were] just small children, [their] mum was screaming. "I was scared." Aster Benebru, the owner of a nearby bakery, said her shop on Beaudesert Road was closed at the time of the fire, but she gave a man an extinguisher to help battle the blaze. "When I go I saw the bus burn, smoke coming [out]," she said. Inbound lanes of Beaudesert Road have been closed with diversions in place.http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/passenger-sets-bus-driver-alight-in-brisbane-police-say/ar-AAjuAPz?li=AAavLaF&ocid=spartanntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted October 28, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted October 28, 2016 Yes, I can't believe this Hazard. Very, very sad. Dreamworld accident Tuesday, today this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emdie Posted October 28, 2016 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 146 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 137 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/18/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted October 28, 2016 It's been a lovely week for us Downunder. Both incidents are just horrifying, and very sad to see  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamL Posted October 28, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5,111 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 2,550 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/01/1950 Share Posted October 28, 2016 "Superintendent Keogh said a 48-year-old man had been taken into police custody after the attack and while there was "no apparent motive" he has ruled out a link to terrorism." How often have we heard the authorities, worldwide, so quickly come to this conclusion?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZARD Posted October 28, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 320 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 6,830 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3,570 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 5 hours ago, WilliamL said: "Superintendent Keogh said a 48-year-old man had been taken into police custody after the attack and while there was "no apparent motive" he has ruled out a link to terrorism." How often have we heard the authorities, worldwide, so quickly come to this conclusion?? They originally said the same regarding the Lindt Café siege in Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted October 28, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted October 28, 2016 Culprit has been charged with murder - news said culprit was compliant. With Aus news focusing on the Dreamworld tradgedy, can make some want "their 15 minutes of fame". Hopefully the true reason for this disgusting act is revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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