• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    Its kinda crazy to me how someone can stab 18 people before someone is able to stop them. Were all the victims alone with nobody close to stop the suspect? I probably would chicken out aswell in a situation where im not close, but if somebody gets stabbed right next to me, there is nothing to do but fight is there?

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        7 months ago

        In the time I spend figuring out what happened, I’m probably also getting stabbed. If not, I’d be wondering if it was targetted (and therefore I’m safe) as I’m running away, but I haven’t planned an escape route yet, so I’m just as likely to crash into an obstacle as I am to run away.

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      7 months ago

      Were all the victims alone with nobody close to stop the suspect?

      Wikipedia says the perpetrator arrived at 3:20 pm and police only started getting phone calls closer to 4pm, so that seems to be the case.

      Apparently a number of people in the shopping centre were unaware anything was happening until police shot the guy.

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        7 months ago

        That makes a lot more sense then. This is no laughing matter but for the lack of a better example he was basically on a stealth mission then, quickly and silently killing people to maximise the damage he could do.