Australian "non-terrorist" attacks police station, sets himself alight..

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Attempted attack at Sydney police station
By Daniel McCulloch, AAP
July 21, 2016 11:27pm

A man has been arrested after setting himself alight and driving a fuel-soaked car into a western Sydney police station.

Officers spotted the man in his 60s parked in the driveway of the Merrylands Police Station about 7pm on Thursday.

As they approached the vehicle, he ignited the inside of his car with some sort of fuel and rammed into the roller door of the underground car park, Assistant Commissioner Denis Clifford said.

Officers extinguished the blaze and dragged the man unconscious from the vehicle and into custody about an hour later, Mr Clifford said.

The man has been taken to Royal North Shore Hospital suffering "very serious burns".

He has not yet been formally identified.

Investigators still don't know the man's motive but say there's nothing to indicate it was related to terrorism.

"We just don't know why this person has acted in this way," Mr Clifford told reporters at the scene.

"There's nothing to indicate this is in any way related to terrorism - we'll keep an open mind but we're not leaning that way at this stage.

"There's nothing to indicate that he is linked to anyone else, but again that will form part of our inquiry."

A large exclusion zone was established as bomb squad officers examined the man's vehicle.

It's believed the man's vehicle contained a number of gas cylinders...

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/brea ... 501b666541

Ok, breaking news, it seems that even "non-terrorists" (that is, people who do not support an extremist political/religious ideology through terror attacks) can behave in terrorist-like fashion. The nutters are now copy-catting the terrorists, and random attacks on public spaces may no longer be restricted to religious or political extremists, but could be developing as a radical means of expression for those who feel marginalized and powerless.
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Don't agree AM.

I'd say the Aussies are not like the Mericans labeling everything as 'terrorism'. The mericans love to live in a perpetual state of fear. (Good for the economy too).

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Don't agree AM.

I'd say the Aussies are not like the Mericans labeling everything as 'terrorism'. The mericans love to live in a perpetual state of fear. (Good for the economy too).

I was not being clear. No finger-pointing was intended. No lessons.Just thinking out loud.

AFAIK this is not a terrorist attack and has not been labelled as such, BUT this is a (presumed) non-terrorist who is behaving like a terrorist. The action itself is the same or similar, but it was not carried out in support of an ideology (AFAIK again), therefore does not qualify as a terrorist attack.
However, if the guy was a Muslim or of ME origin, it would be very possible that he would be labelled as a terrorist whether or not he had ideological motivation. Right or wrong, this is how things are at the moment.

My idea is that these sort of violent actions will become more common as a method of protest in the future by frustrated people who think they are not being heard - not just religious extremists or ideologists. Whether or not they should be called "terrorists" is another question.

Ok enough... bring on the flames