A 29-year-old service station attendant was stabbed to death, and as usual, it took some surfing to find out that the attack was being investigated as a jihad terrorist attack, although the reasons for this investigation appear to have been known in the early stages. The Guardian reported that the attack by two teen boys who were “known to police” had a possible terror link, without indicating what kind. ABC Australia referenced the incident only as a “horrific fatal stabbing” by two teen boys. It was The Australian that ran the headline: “Stab attack: IS ‘written in blood,’” and noted that “police sources say they are investigating whether they were radicalised by extremist Islamic ideology,” although “police are also investigating whether the incident was drug-related.”
But the writing was on the wall, so to speak:
A sheet of paper covers the window of the Queanbeyan service station where letters “IS” (Islamic State) were apparently written in blood after a 29-year-old attendant was fatally stabbed.
“Stab attack: IS ‘written in blood’”, by Rachel Baxendale, The Australian, April 7, 2017:
Counter terrorism police are investigating whether two 15- and 16-year-old boys who allegedly murdered Pakistani student Zeeshan Akbar during a violent crime spree had been radicalised by extremist Islamic ideology.
The teenagers went on a violent crime spree but police sources says they are investigating whether they were radicalised by extremist Islamic ideology. the letters ‘IS’, potentially an acronym for the terrorist group Islamic State were apparently smeared on the wall and window of the Bungendore Road service station where Akbar was killed, police sources said.
NSW police say one of the teenagers arrested may have terror links.
Addressing the media this afternoon, Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said evidence at the crime scene led police to believe the 16-year-old may have terrorist links.
“We have two teenagers in custody and sufficient information to believe the actions of one of those teenagers may be related to terrorism,” Dep. Commissioner Burn said.
The Joint-Counter Terrorism Team has taken over the investigation, which is also looking into potentially related events including an attempted robbery at a bottle shop in the ACT, an attack on a homeless man and at a unit in Queanbeyan and later an attack where a man was stabbed and his vehicle stolen.
That man is believed to be in a stable condition.
Police are also investigating whether the incident was drug-related.
The Australian understands the teenagers are not expected to be charged until tomorrow, when the are expected to appear in the ACT Magistrates’ Court before being extradited to NSW.
The two young assailants are NSW natives who were known to the police, according to Dep. Commissioner Burn, but their criminal history is unknown.
Mr Akbar was a Pakistani national who had recently applied for Australian citizenship.
Mr Akbar’s friend and former colleague Shah Nawaz Mohammed, 23, said he was a lovely man.
“He was such a nice guy, always helping. He never had a problem with anybody,” Mr Mohammed said.
He said he had worked with Mr Akbar at the service station up until about a year ago and understood he had been living in Queanbeyan for about 18 months after moving here from Melbourne.
The pair had also worked selling pizzas in Canberra, and Mr Mohammed said he thought Mr Akbar had been living in Australia for five or six years.
Mr Akbar has a cousin in Australia, but the rest of his family remains in Pakistan.
He had been living with other Pakistani men in Queanbeyan.
Mr Mohammed, who now drives Ubers for a living, said the stabbing made him glad he was no longer working in service stations.
“Absolutely. I feel so bad and scared,” he said. I don’t want to work in those sort of places any more because life is too important. I don’t want to lose my life for a few dollars.
Mr Mohammed said Uber drivers would be more reluctant to take passengers from Queanbeyan, which already had a reputation for being unsafe.
Another colleague, Shani Qureshi, 27 said he could not understand any radical Islamic motivation for the attack, indicating that both he and Mr Akbar were Muslims.
“I’ve been here for about two years,” he said.
“I’ve never had any customer talk to me about religion or had any racism. We normally have very good customers.”
Mr Qureshi said Mr Akbar was great to work with.
“He was a very nice guy, very helpful.”
He said he and Mr Akbar had worked together for about a year and a half, more often at the Canberra Airport Caltex than at the Queanbeyan outlet.
“It could have happened with anyone, any one of us,” Mr Qureshi said.
Earlier, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said allegations the teenagers killed a service station employee in Queanbeyan “underline” the government’s concerns about terrorism.
Mr Turnbull made a carefully worded statement about the attack when announcing the government’s support for US strikes against Syria on Friday.
“Two juvenile males, a 15-year-old and 16-year-old male are in custody following the alleged murder of a 29-year-old man in Queanbeyan overnight.”
“Our condolences go to the family of the victim. We send our prayers and best wishes to the two other victims of that evening,” he said.
Mr Turnbull did not specifically label the event as a terror attack but said the Australian Federal Police’s counter-terror team was investigating the matter.
“The police will be making a statement about this but I can say that the circumstances have raised sufficient concern, as I have discussed with the Commissioner of the AFP, Andrew Colvin, raise sufficient concern to warrant the involvement of the joint counter-terrorism team,” he said.
He said the events “underline” the government concerns about terrorism….
jihad3tracker says
OFF TOPIC — BUT HERE IS A SUPERB VIDEO BY A FORMER MUSLIM, about Barry Obama’s (and every other Left’s constant riff before he was deposed — “Islamic State is not really acting in the name of Islam!”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzOVSMUrGM Runs a rather brief 8 1/2 minutes.
Send it along to your family, friends, clergy persons, state and federal elected officials, city council members, and local city TV station general managers.
By the way, it is followed — at least in my video queue — with the classic “Obama the Muslim in his own words”, which runs about 10 minutes.
EXCELLENT TO TOSS INTO THE LAPS OF ANY DEMOCRATS YOU ASSOCIATE WITH.
Benedict says
j3t: When politicians like Obama and other leftists talk about Islam they don’t describe, they prescribe. The acknowledgement that Islam entertains and endorses violence and terror as legitimate means to an end is too frightening, and as good rulers politicians want to rule this out: the only thing to fear is fear itself.
Their words are thus to be understood as well-meaning and naive incantations.
But of cause nobody can rule out that some politicians are wolves in sheep’s clothing – especially if they profess to be Muslims.
PS: the videoclip you link to ought to open some blind eyes.
Jeanette says
How many of us still associate with America-, Christian-, Western civilization-hating / Muslim-loving Democrats?
David M says
I’m wondering why they would kill a fellow Muslim, they must have seen he was a Pakistani.
Brian Holloway says
He may have been a Shi’ite, or a Sufi, or Amahdaya, or sufficiently un-pious for their Sunni sensibilities.
Benedict says
Islam is ultimately a recipe for the war of all against all.
Michael Copeland says
Maybe he was not muslim enough.
mortimer says
AGREE WITH MC: More-Islamic-than-thou Syndrome. Apostates must be killed. Any Muslim or kafir may feel free to kill an apostate from Islam… get out of jail free card supplied by SHARIA LAW !
ElderlyZionist says
Pakistani Shia and Ahmedi are two Muslim sects who are routinely persecuted and murdered by Sunni takfiri mujahidin. Or maybe he was irreligious. Or maybe he was just in their way.
Jeanette says
And so if they are confined to the middle east, they will accomplish the cleanup themselves.
How fitting.
Aloha Akbar says
They might not have been Muslims at all. Might be a couple of typical moronic teens, on drugs, watched a few videos of jihad beheadings & then went out for a night of murderous fun.
They probably thought it would be hilarious to write ‘is’ on the window.
Another thought is that they wanted him dead because he had tried to sexually assault them at an earlier time.
PS. It’s sad that I would think that but unfortunately, that is their current trend of behaviour, raping the native boys.
Hell, I hope I’m wrong tho.
dumbledoresarmy says
I was wondering that too. Possibly he was an Ahmadi or a Shiite.
But then they could only have known that if they already knew him, whereas he seems to have copped it simply because he happened to be ‘on shift’ at the service station they happened to choose for their ‘hit’ (and presumably they didn’t stop to ask him whether he was a Muslim or an Infidel).
Angemon says
But we all know who the terrorists are… Sorry, whom the vast majority of terrorists tend to be 😉
Jeanette says
You mean if we don’t count the IRS as a terrorist organization?
Michael Copeland says
Police “are investigating whether they were radicalised by extremist Islamic ideology.”
That is a real puzzler.
What if they were “radicalised” (turned to violence) by ordinary basic Islam?
The instructions are all there, in that book.
Could police investigate that?
mortimer says
Just so you know… Any tax payer from countries fighting ISIS is a target.
This jihadist was only following what the CALIPH of all MOHAMMEDANS has told him to do: KILL THE DISBELIEVERS WHEREVER YOU FIND THEM.
It’s getting harder for Leftards in the Western media to whitewash the jihad.
‘NICE, CALM, RELAXED MUSLIMS’ are turning out to be the perpetrators of most attacks.
WE DIDN’T SEE IT COMING! And people who keep exotic predator pets don’t SEE IT COMING when captive tigers, bears, chimps and even deer turn on their keepers to maim and kill.
mortimer says
IT’S THE IDEOLOGY, STUPID!
I KNOW THIS ‘NICE MUSLIM’ anecdote number 3,475 :
“He was a very NICE GUY, very helpful.” “He was such a nice guy, always helping. He never had a problem with anybody,” Mr. Mohammed said.
And THEN he killed.
Mr Akbar’s friend and former colleague Shah Nawaz Mohammed, 23, said he was a LOVELY man.
bipedant says
Your post gives the impression that you have the killer and the killed mixed up at some point
Tom says
Check out the link below. An excellent presentation from an ex CIA officer who puts everything into perspective about the M Brotherhood and ISIS. Well worth a watch and to send to friends and family.
Infidel from Down Under says
This killing was part of a hours long rampage by these two in which other people were also attacked and injured .
One of their other targets incidentally was a LIQUOR STORE !!
Jack Dawkins says
Only teenagers but the islamic hatred in their hearts is 1400 years old.
Jeanette says
“Only teenagers” in Islam means young men who only have a few children so far.
Aloha Akbar says
canberratimes.com.au says: The mother of one of the boys wept as he appeared in court, while another relative encouraged him to “keep your chin up mate”.
And the pic of the parents don’t look like mad muzzos.
My moneys on them being messed up little Aussie drugged up dickheads.
oswald says
Sort of with you on that score.
I’m betting that this was a case of white trash juveniles killing the attendant but then the establishment rubbing its hands with glee that here at last was proof positive that terrorism could be from infidels against Muslims and thus nothing to do with Islam.