In this image made from video, police proceed to apprehend a suspect on the ground next to a white truck, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Darwin Australia. Media reports say a gunman has killed at least four people in the Australian city of Darwin. Northern Territory Police Duty Superintendent Lee Morgan says a 45-year-old man was in custody following Tuesday's shooting. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP) https://www.apnews.com/0ecb31747942447885623983f8608160
It should be noted that the arresting officers appear to be in fatigues in contrast to police uniforms. It raises a question as to whether these are police or army personnel? If army how were they on scene so quickly and who called them in? The vehicle appears not to be damaged and its path is not blocked. How was it stopped and driver apprehended? The driver's door is closed but he is on the floor outside it. Was he dragged out or did he get out and then fall down, first closing the driver's door behind him? Strangely he has one leg in the air - why? Has he been caught in the process of falling or is it an act of self defence? Both legs and one arm appear to be covered in blood, which seems to have run in rivulets either up or down from the assumed wounds. As there is no suggestion of bullets being fired, how were these apparent injuries caused? It is reported he was tasered but there is no evidence tasers, only of army-type rifles. Comparison with the Stephanie Zillman twitter video (https://twitter.com/Steph_Zillman/status/1135838402446733315) reveal a number of minor differences. This wider shot also fails to show any military-type vehicles on scene despite the men in fatigues.
As has come to be expected, there are some strange and familiar features to the Darwin Shooting on 4th June, 2019. Even if they are purely coincidental, they are worth noting.
Timing: The news breaks on the same day President Trump started his State Visit to Britain and two days before the high profile and emotional commemoration of the D-Day Landings in Europe. Both of these events would be of major interest to Australians and Australian media. An unusual and violent event in Darwin might also be expected to have considerable attention from Australian media.
Remembering the saying, "A good time to bury bad news" coined by a British press secretary, we might pose the question, was there an Australian 'bad news' story that hidden powers might wish to be distracted from, we discover that at precisely the same time a government raid was being carried out on the offices of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to investigate a leaked story of unlawful killings by Australian service personnel in Afghanistan. (See below for details)
Is it feasible that the raid could have been timed under cover of these other high profile events or even that a shooting could have been organised for this very purpose?
Journalist on the Scene: As can be seen below, one of the primary sources of the story was as it happens an ABC reporter in Darwin, by the name of Stephanie Zillman. We learn she had opted to move to the Norther Territory. In a taped speech she described herself when in Sydney as a "moral puritan back then, deeply disgusted at his capitalist profession, but I soon got over that... and before long I was sold." "He did the 'houdini' and disappeared," before she related her move to Katherine, Darwin and other romantic encounters.
From this recording she sounds a very pleasant and down to earth person who takes her professional role seriously.
The Incident: There are certain similarities to other 'terrorist event', although police say this isn't classified as one. It is claimed that the attacker used a sawn-off shotgun. That he entered several premises including the Palm Motel shouting "Alex". We are used in Australia and elsewhere, attackers shouting "Alla Akbar" but not "Alex", although the shouting of something appears to bear the same organisational 'signature'. Of course this raises a question as to who or what the significance of 'Alex' is.
Stephanie Zillman reports the incident as follows: "
Northern Territory Police arrest gunman in Darwin after woman injured
thenewdaily.com.au — Northern Territory Police say up to five people have died in a shooting at a Darwin city hotel. The suspected gunman, 45, has been arrested. Witness John Rose told the ABC he saw the gunman walk into Palms Motel on Darwin’s Esplanade with “a sawn-off shotgun”. “He shot up all the rooms and he went to every room looking for somebody and he shot them all up, then we saw him rush out, jump into his Toyota pick-up, and rush off.”“Once he left we went in and found one gentleman. He’s over there. https://muckrack.com/stephanie-zillman/articles
WIKI has this: "Witnesses say the gunman entered the Palms Motel on McMinn Street, Darwin and used a pump-action shotgun to shoot through a guestroom door.[7] According to sources, around 20 shots were fired by the suspect. Witnesses also noted that while in the motel the gunman went from “room-to-room” while screaming out “Alex”.
The victims:
Four (or now five) people are said to have been killed but only one seems to have had immediate and detailed coverage. This always raises questions as to why and how photographs and biographical information is supplied and transmitted so soon after the event?
WIKI: "The victims of the crime were all male: one man was reportedly killed at the motel, one at Buff Club, one at Gardens Hill Crescent, and one at Jolly Street."
Again Stephanie Zillman is the source of the following:
Taxi driver 33-year-old Hassan Baydoun is the first of four victims in last night’s Darwin shooting to be officially identified. He was on his meal break. His employer Blue Taxi Company says Mr Baydoun was a beloved member of staff. @abcnews https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-05/what-we-know-about-the-darwin-shooting/11180040 …
https://twitter.com/Steph_Zillman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1135838402446733315&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Faustralia-shooting-gunman-in-custody-after-four-people-killed-at-darwin-motel-11734781
Hassan Baydoun is described as an IT graduate. His occupation in Darwin is not given. As we have noted so often with circulated images, he wears a T-shirt with a logo printed on it - in this case "UNKNOWN". Does this have any significance?
Rather incredibly, despite being in remote Darwin, it is a Lebanese person who is killed. Other reports state that he had been in Australia for a decade and was staying at the Palm Motel. Note he is recorded here as being 33 (of course 33 is a significant number in Masonic circles) but other reports put his age as 32.
It is stated that his Facebook page immediately reported his death. However his is not obvious from his page here: https://www.facebook.com/hassan.bay.5243 . From the photographs this is clearly the same person. It states he was married on the 13th September, 2018. Note reports do not mention this of his bereaved wife.
Further the last entry appears to be from
Hassan Baydoun is with Noor H Ismail and 9 others.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445085539628801&set=a.128761094594582&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=235823970554960&set=ecnf.100023820766895&type=3&theater
Or are these two Hassan Baydoun individuals and their respective FB sites amazingly similar but different. In fact a sort of alter ego, doppelganger or double?
The Perpatrator:
Wikipedia has this at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Darwin_shooting
"After the motel shooting, the suspect fled in a Toyota utility and remained at large for about an hour before being detained[2] after notifying police of his location at the intersection of McMinn and Daly Streets.[5] At the time of his arrest, the man, a suspected member of a motorcycle gang who had been released from prison in January, was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.[5][13] The suspect was also taken to Royal Darwin Hospital after being tasered.[5]
The suspect has been identified by the media as Benjamin Glenn Hoffman, age 45. Kershaw, said that Hoffman had been released from prison on parole in January 2019. He had been serving a 6-year prison sentence, eligible for parole after 4 years. After this he committed a minor violation of his parole conditions, breaking curfew by less than an hour, and as a result he was imprisoned again for two weeks, being released in early May. During his parole he had been drug tested, with all results negative.
As of 5 June 2019, no charges had yet been laid. The suspect's motivation remains unclear, but Kershaw said the suspect may have been looking for certain individuals. One of the individuals may have been called "Alex". Police believe "Alex" was in another state at the time of the attack.[5]
Nevertheless it is stated that police had interviewed 'Alex' so they must have been able to locate him very quickly. Obviously there is a big question over the identity of 'Alex' and why if he was for some reason the target of Hoffman, why he shot and killed four or five others?
Yet again the perpetrator was known to police, had a criminal record, was on parole, yet able to access a deadly weapon with ammunition. It is said he was arrested using a 'taser'. Given that he was suspected or known to have murdered four or five, the absence of any mention of police firearms, indeed that he was not shot, seems to be somewhat surprising. How he was located and apprehended is not altogether clear, but again Stephanie Zillman was apparently on scene at the time to record images of the arrest. Was she following the police cars or was otherwise notified? Surely it is too much to imagine she just came upon the scene by accident?
Slogans: We are all now familiar with the way in which terrorist events are manipulated for their emotional effect following them, including flowers, mass gatherings, political statements, legal changes and not least the use of slogans that appear already prepared and available to circulate. Their emergence is yet another tell-tale sign of contrivance and planning by those other than the accused. In this case yet again we have evidence of it as follows:
Territorians are banding together in the wake of last night's deadly shootings under the rallying cry of:
"This is not Darwin." From:
https://www.facebook.com/ABCDarwin/posts/journalist-steph-zillman-packed-up-her-life-and-belongings-and-moved-from-sydney/10154596399764873/
PHOTO: In the early hours of the morning, Darwin locals begun to lay flowers outside the Palms Motel where one of the shootings occured. (ABC News: Matthew Garrick) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-05/this-is-not-darwin-community-bands-together-after-shootings/11182170?fbclid=IwAR2_VmeytNeYqiIgSac5b_W23X0k8azhSSKSu100OyAzWeEyEFWcPcvVJoU
Darwin community bands together in wake of deadly CBD shootings
St John Ambulance operations manager Craig Garraway said his team had been overwhelmed by the community response in one of the city's darkest hours.
"Hospital staff offered pizza to all our staff and paramedics — everyone wants to help," Mr Garraway said.
St John Ambulance NT
"As Darwin wakes up to a new sunrise, our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones in yesterday’s shooting and with those who are affected by it.
Our thoughts are with all front line emergency services workers who dealt with the horrific incident first hand.
We know our community has been changed forever. But now, together, we will be strong. And most importantly - let’s be kind. Be kind to each other, and hug your loved ones a bit tighter this morning.
If you are affected by yesterday’s tragedy, please speak out - to support services, a family member, a trusted friend or one of our staff members here at St John. Remember, we are here for you. 💕
Our thoughts are with all front line emergency services workers who dealt with the horrific incident first hand.
We know our community has been changed forever. But now, together, we will be strong. And most importantly - let’s be kind. Be kind to each other, and hug your loved ones a bit tighter this morning.
If you are affected by yesterday’s tragedy, please speak out - to support services, a family member, a trusted friend or one of our staff members here at St John. Remember, we are here for you. 💕
Stephanie Zillman:
https://www.spunstories.net/?fbclid=IwAR3Uru5v8qlZPNCq02rKobRdZeXRKbtcfXzypQnuBz5337epA4HcTW8Ah4Y#!steph-zilman/ku9e7
The perks and perils of single life in a small town...
Steph Zillman
Journalist Steph Zillman packed up her life and belongings and moved from Sydney to Katherine. Chasing adventure, a change of pace and opportunity, Steph discovered the perks and perils of being single in a small town.
This story was told at SPUN in Katherine on 9 July 2016.
Australian raid on ABC offices to discover leak of secret information:
Stephanie Zillman Retweeted
AFP arriving at @abcnews to execute a search warrant over the stories which revealed allegations of unlawful killings and misconduct by Australia Special Forces in Afghanistan. @abcnews #ABCraid
Stephanie Zillman Retweeted
Please take a look at the outstanding @abcnews journalism now the target of today’s Federal Police raid on the ABC HQ: The Afghan Files: Defence leak exposes deadly secrets of Australia's special forces.
This comes a day after the ABC revealed the alleged cover up of the killing of an Afghan boy and another alleged incident in which a father and son were shot dead during a raid.
Following from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-11/killings-of-unarmed-afghans-by-australian-special-forces/8466642?pfmredir=sm
Hundreds of pages of secret defence force documents leaked to the ABC give an unprecedented insight into the clandestine operations of Australia’s elite special forces in Afghanistan, including incidents of troops killing unarmed men and children.
The ABC can reveal that some of the cases detailed in the documents are being investigated as possible unlawful killings.
The documents, many marked AUSTEO — Australian Eyes Only — suggest a growing unease at the highest levels of Defence about the culture of Australia’s special forces as they prosecuted a bloody, secretive war against insurgents across a swathe of southern Afghanistan.
The Lyon shooting interviewee T - shirt:
See: http://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2019/05/lyon-now.html
Stephanie Zillman Retweeted
AFP arriving at @abcnews to execute a search warrant over the stories which revealed allegations of unlawful killings and misconduct by Australia Special Forces in Afghanistan. @abcnews #ABCraid
Stephanie Zillman Retweeted
Please take a look at the outstanding @abcnews journalism now the target of today’s Federal Police raid on the ABC HQ: The Afghan Files: Defence leak exposes deadly secrets of Australia's special forces.
This comes a day after the ABC revealed the alleged cover up of the killing of an Afghan boy and another alleged incident in which a father and son were shot dead during a raid.
Following from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-11/killings-of-unarmed-afghans-by-australian-special-forces/8466642?pfmredir=sm
Hundreds of pages of secret defence force documents leaked to the ABC give an unprecedented insight into the clandestine operations of Australia’s elite special forces in Afghanistan, including incidents of troops killing unarmed men and children.
The ABC can reveal that some of the cases detailed in the documents are being investigated as possible unlawful killings.
The documents, many marked AUSTEO — Australian Eyes Only — suggest a growing unease at the highest levels of Defence about the culture of Australia’s special forces as they prosecuted a bloody, secretive war against insurgents across a swathe of southern Afghanistan.
The Lyon shooting interviewee T - shirt:
See: http://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2019/05/lyon-now.html
See: http://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2019/05/lyon-now.html
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