[QUOTE=asomotif]I see nothing of the burglar being armed.
What is "lunged".
Could have been grapping at the sword which was a poor choice somehow 4 male 20 yr olds one armed I would have ran away. I agree this is media hype at best.
Rick
If the student had a keris which jump from it's scabbard and chased the burglar than that would have been something to talk about
The burglar was a career criminal who had just been released from prison a fews days before this happened. Someone breaks into my home at 1am I will not ask if he is armed
He just picked the wrong home to break into.
Rick We all collect swords,daggers,spears and clubs so if this were to happen to a forum member don't you think it could have been a similar outcome? One of the rare pitfalls of collecting and studying weapons I would think?