3 d. ago Hero sheep shearer tackles teenage boy with loaded shotgun on passenger plane

The boy was disarmed and detained before police arrived on the scene at Avalon Airport in Victoria state

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3 d. ago A boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia but was tackled by a former boxer

Police say a 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers

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3 d. ago JetStar flight terror as teen carrying shotgun tackled by pilot while trying to board plane

Passengers on JQ610 flight to Sydney from Melbourne, helped the cabin crew detain a teenager who allegedly attempted to board the JetStar plane armed with a shotgun

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3 d. ago Watch the dramatic moment a Jetstar pilot and a hero passenger wrestle a teen allegedly armed with a shotgun to the ground on a plane

Barry Clark, a farmer and shearer from southern NSW, had just seconds to react after a teenager boarded his Jetstar flight allegedly armed with a shotgun on Thursday.

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4 d. ago Teenager overpowered by plane passengers after allegedly boarding Jetstar flight with ‘large gun’ at Avalon airport

Victoria police called to airport outside Melbourne on Thursday afternoon after alleged incident on commercial flightTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest newsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating after a 17-year-old man allegedly boarded a Jetstar flight with a shotgun and ammunition, frightening passengers who described a dramatic citizen’s arrest.Victoria police were called to Avalon airport outside of Melbourne at 2.50pm on Thursday, after reports a man with a firearm attempted to board a commercial flight.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Is this the most terrifying TV show of our times? Adolescence, the drama that will horrify all parents

Stephen Graham’s chilling new show about a boy arrested for murder is utterly terrifying. Its team talk rage, panic attacks and being bowled over by a 14-year-oldThe first few minutes of Netflix’s new drama Adolescence are among the most incredible you will ever see. Two police officers drive to a house, smash its doors in, sweep from room to room and apprehend a teenage boy suspected of murdering a female classmate. They load him into a van, drive to a police station then process him for arrest.On the surface this sounds like any workaday drama, but the incredible thing about Adolescence is this: the whole sequence is conducted in one take. From car to house to van to station, the camera never leaves the action. Even more incredibly, the entire series follows in kind. There are four episodes, each without a single edit. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Teenage boy arrested at South Carolina school with loaded gun and more ammo stashed in bathroom

Jamichael Montrell Hicks, 18, was arrested early Tuesday in South Carolina after a School Resource Officer found a loaded firearm in his car, which was parked at Chester High School.

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2 w. ago China flexes its military muscles as warships sail close to Australia in 'unprecedented' move of aggression while Beijing navy chopper buzzes within TEN FEET of Philippines coastguard plane

Chinese warships were discovered just 150 nautical miles east of Sydney, marking the furthest south Beijing's navy has ever ventured along Australia's eastern coastline.

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