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wickerwoman

(5,662 posts) Mon Sep 1, 2014, 02:33 AM Sep 2014

Two social workers killed in a shooting at a welfare office in New Zealand today

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11317411

"At about 10am today a male entered the Work and Income office in the mid-Canterbury town and killed two people, with a third seriously injured.

A witness who was in the building at the time said a man wearing a black balaclava entered and shot two women, one of whom was interviewing him at the time.

He believed they were both WINZ staff members."

Please hug your nearest civil servant. They put up with a lot of shit.

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Two social workers killed in a shooting at a welfare office in New Zealand today (Original Post) wickerwoman Sep 2014 OP

Oh, fuck. Dammit, I hope the N.Z. Police catch this fucker. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #1

True but that's pretty unusual for New Zealand malaise Sep 2014 #2

OMG. That's horrific. Those poor women... Violet_Crumble Sep 2014 #3

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

1. Oh, fuck. Dammit, I hope the N.Z. Police catch this fucker.

Reply to wickerwoman (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 05:02 AM

Sep 2014

He just murdered two people, in cold blood. And who knows how much farther he could go?

malaise

(268,717 posts)

2. True but that's pretty unusual for New Zealand

Reply to wickerwoman (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 05:55 AM

Sep 2014

Damn

Violet_Crumble

(35,955 posts)

3. OMG. That's horrific. Those poor women...

Reply to wickerwoman (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 06:38 AM

Sep 2014

I'm glad they caught the murderer. My heart goes out to their family, friends and their colleagues.

I'm a civil servant, but in Australia, and I'm very grateful that I'm in a department that has security guards and no-one can get into the offices without swiping in. I really feel for workers in areas that deal with the public and are vulnerable to attacks...

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