Gay hero describes mass stabbing attacker to police right before he died
Australian HIV activist Chris Polden died a hero. A victim of a mass stabbing attack, he called emergency services and described the attacker before collapsing. Polden died shortly after making it to the hospital.
Police shot and killed Mohammed Ibrahim, who had already murdered one woman and stabbed two others, after finding him using Polden’s information.
“He made the call because obviously he is worried about the community more than himself. He is worried about what else this guy is going to do,” Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said. “I think it’s a tremendously brave act.”
Polden was an early board member of AIDS Housing Action Group and “an activist and supporter of the HIV positive community right up to his untimely death,” according to Simon Ruth, the CEO of Thorne Harbour Health.
“Chris Polden died a hero. Even after being mortally wounded he used his dying moments to phone the police to warn them of his attacker,” Ruth posted on Facebook. “The selflessness and concern that Chris showed as he lay dying was characteristic of the man who was an active member of his community, contributing to the health and well-being of others.”
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