Para Bellum
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Hi everybody,
today a guy entered a church in Germany with a samurai sword. He killed one hurt three more seriously, one is struggling to survive. You will find the original German news-report below. Maybe some of you understand it.
What strikes me is that the police used pepper spray to stop him. They seem to trust it with their lifes. I would never rely on pepper spray if I'd face a samurai sword. I would draw my G19 immediately and fire until he falls. Having 20 years of martial arts behind me (and a samurai sword in my closet) I know what a devastating and fast weapon this is. Just think that you must get close to about 5m (15-18ft) to use pepper spray. With a samurai sword you can cross this distance in one second and split your opponent's head.
Could I be I wrong? Would you also dare to rely on pepper spray? Or is it even faster stopping a guy with pepper spray than with a handgun?
PS: Even in my hometown (Vienna/Austria) a guy ran amok with a samurai sword last fall. He hurt several people badly. The news then did not give information on how the Austrian Police stopped and arrested this guy, but they did so without killing him. Pepper spray again?
Source: http://wien.orf.at/oesterreich.orf?read=detail&channel=1&id=347514
Source: http://www.orf.at/ticker/177819.html?tmp=8170
today a guy entered a church in Germany with a samurai sword. He killed one hurt three more seriously, one is struggling to survive. You will find the original German news-report below. Maybe some of you understand it.
What strikes me is that the police used pepper spray to stop him. They seem to trust it with their lifes. I would never rely on pepper spray if I'd face a samurai sword. I would draw my G19 immediately and fire until he falls. Having 20 years of martial arts behind me (and a samurai sword in my closet) I know what a devastating and fast weapon this is. Just think that you must get close to about 5m (15-18ft) to use pepper spray. With a samurai sword you can cross this distance in one second and split your opponent's head.
Could I be I wrong? Would you also dare to rely on pepper spray? Or is it even faster stopping a guy with pepper spray than with a handgun?
PS: Even in my hometown (Vienna/Austria) a guy ran amok with a samurai sword last fall. He hurt several people badly. The news then did not give information on how the Austrian Police stopped and arrested this guy, but they did so without killing him. Pepper spray again?
Source: http://wien.orf.at/oesterreich.orf?read=detail&channel=1&id=347514
Source: http://www.orf.at/ticker/177819.html?tmp=8170
Ein Toter nach Amoklauf in Stuttgarter Kirche
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Bei einem Amoklauf in einer evangelisch- methodistischen Kirche in Stuttgart ist heute ein Mensch getötet worden. Mehrere Menschen wurden verletzt, drei davon schwer. Eine Frau soll in Lebensgefahr schweben. Der Täter wurde festgenommen.
Nach Polizeiangaben feierten in der Kirche zum Tatzeitpunkt Dutzende Gläubige - vor allem Tamilen und Inder - einen Gottesdienst. Der 25-jährige Täter, angeblich ebenfalls Tamile, stürmte in das Gotteshaus und schlug mit einem Samuraischwert um sich.
"Bild des Grauens"
"Abgeschlagene Gliedmaßen liegen in der Kirche herum", sagte eine Sprecherin der Polizei. Die Beamten hätten "ein Bild des Grauens vorgefunden". Die Polizei überwältigte den Täter mit Pfefferspray. Das Tatmotiv liege vermutlich in seiner familiären Situation, sagte ein Polizeisprecher.
Die Polizei war von Anrainern der Kirche alarmiert worden, die am Nachmittag kurz vor 16.00 Uhr sehr lautes Geschrei aus der Kirche gehört hatten. 65 geschockte Gottesdienstbesucher wurden von den Einsatzkräften betreut. Angeblich soll der Mann schon früher Kirchenbesucher bedroht haben.