Hostage Crisis in Australia

[Tender Branson]

Clearly a horrible situation.

But the media is once again making the same mistakes like in other tragedies such as Columbine, by broadcasting the IS flag in the window.

The Islamo-fascists should not be given a platform and any propaganda should not be published !

[Tender Branson]

Horrible that at least 1 hostage died during the storming.

It seems the terrorist was basically a violent lunatic with severe mental problems. The decision to storm was probably the best solution, because it might have turned out much worse considering his bizarre behaviour and he might have killed many hostages at a later point.

[Tender Branson]

Clearly a horrible situation.

But the media is once again making the same mistakes like in other tragedies such as Columbine, by broadcasting the IS flag in the window.

The Islamo-fascists should not be given a platform and any propaganda should not be published !

The hostage taker was a Shia, so it's safe to say he was not an Islamic State supporter.

I've read though that at one point he demanded an IS flag to be brought into the store and talk with Abbott, according to hostage reports about his demands.