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07-22-2016, 05:50 AM
When is a terrorist **t a terrorist anymore? Police station scare raises questions on Twitter.
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A 60-year-old man is in serious condition after he rammed his burning car into the Merrylands police station in Sydney on Thursday night.*
He told police that he had a bomb, according to the ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-21/flaming-car-crashes-into-merrylands-police-station-car-park/7650546). In reality, he had two cylinders filled with gasoline. But that was e**ugh to spark speculation about a terrorist attack — including online, where #Merrylands began trending.*
Later, people from all sides of the political spectrum would become critical of the media’s handling of the incident, especially the backflip in language that took place.*
SEE ALSO: How an anti-immigrant reality TV star ended up back in Australian politics (http://mashable.com/2016/07/05/who-is-pauline-hanson/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/merrylands-police-station-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A 60-year-old man is in serious condition after he rammed his burning car into the Merrylands police station in Sydney on Thursday night.*
He told police that he had a bomb, according to the ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-21/flaming-car-crashes-into-merrylands-police-station-car-park/7650546). In reality, he had two cylinders filled with gasoline. But that was e**ugh to spark speculation about a terrorist attack — including online, where #Merrylands began trending.*
Later, people from all sides of the political spectrum would become critical of the media’s handling of the incident, especially the backflip in language that took place.*
SEE ALSO: How an anti-immigrant reality TV star ended up back in Australian politics (http://mashable.com/2016/07/05/who-is-pauline-hanson/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/merrylands-police-station-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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