Associated Press
April 7, 2008
There's a certain uncomfortable satisfaction that at least it wasn't in the U.S. this time.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Five teenagers brandishing baseball bats and machetes rampaged through a suburban school Monday and hit a teacher over the head, police said. Eighteen students were treated for minor injuries.
The drama unfolded as hundreds attended an assembly in an outdoor area of Merrylands High School. As the attackers moved in, teachers rushed the students back to class, where they sought refuge behind locked doors, under desks, even in a cupboard.
The teens, between the ages of 14 and 16, were arrested and likely would be charged with assault and other crimes, [Police Inspector] Stewart said.
A 43-year-old teacher was treated at a hospital after being hit on the head with a bat when he tried to stop the attackers, and 18 students were treated for cuts from broken glass and other minor injuries, Stewart said.
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3 comments:
I know you are thinking it... It would have been just like America if they'd had guns.
Irene:
Hmm --- you know, you're probably right. Machetes or ball bats wouldn't be the weapons of choice around here, and the incident could not possibly have ended without a number of deaths.
I don't blame those Aussie lads for rampaging. Their natural human rights are being violated, as they're prohibited from having guns, which anybody with a brain knows is as essential to freedom as food, water and the ballot. It's about damn time that somebody stood up for the rights of alienated high school students. Those poor children. Australia owes them an apology.
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