Attacks such as the stabbing on April 13 are rare in Australia, a country of about 26 million people with some of the world's toughest gun and knife laws
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“The family when they viewed footage of the event on TV thought that may well have been their son and they reached out to authorities,” said Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Roger Lowe. “This was a terrible scene,” New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters. Attacks such as Saturday’s stabbing are rare in Australia, a country of about 26 million people with some of the world’s toughest gun and knife laws.
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