eyewitness on bbc news saying he saw three people shouting and stabbing people. they stabbed one women 10-15 times and he tried throwing a stool and bottle at them but had to run. He tried to warn people as he was running and he saw them stab a bouncer and go into a bar.
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Terrorist attack in London [up: 6 people killed, ~50 injured, 3 attackers dead]
- Thread starter chadskin
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Well the suspect in the twitter pic does look like he's wearing a bomb vest, it wouldn't shock me if they have explosives.
Bounceounce
Member
Nope, Torture is wrong.
gutter_trash
Banned
Absolutely disgusting .
The government should be given more sweeping powers to crackdown on extremist groups.
The government should be given more sweeping powers to crackdown on extremist groups.
Boy Wander
Member
You don't even need a bomb. That's the scary thing
bomb one week. van one week.
Seriously, it'll come to a point where normal citizenry should carry these:
if a few people had it, they could at least have a red hot go at fighting back
The last thing we need is citizens walking around armed as the norm. That's basically lawless anarchy. People would reach for weapons every time there's any kind of confrontation. We have police for a reason.
cloudburst
Banned
Tell that to the people at London Bridge.
I'm sorry, I'm mr. Optimist. I just don't know anymore.
JonnyDBrit
Member
That... doesn't seem like a(nother) controlled blast.
Could be a controlled explosion. Could be a flashbang. It's irresponsible to report an explosion without confirmation.
Ether_Snake
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Pretty sure the government already has the power now to arrest such people without warrants and hold them indefinitely.
Bobnob
Member
That guy got released from Guantanamo bay got reportedly a 1m in comp then went on to jihad now is dead, cant remember his name but its pretty recent.
What's happened is horrific, why would I do something so callous? I was responding to a poster suggesting we arm ourselves, that kind of thing can lead to way more deaths than any terrorist attack. We are in a safe country.
Compare the UK to the US for example, many Americans like to feel safer by being armed, but does it actually make them safer?
Nevermind, BBC reporting on the explosions now.
Yeah, and the BBC are more cautious than most too. Makes sense.
Yeah, and the BBC are more cautious than most too. Makes sense.
Maintenance
Member
So you want them to snoop even more? UK the new China.
I just dont understand...what god would be ok with the killing of innocent people...
Yeah, I'm sure "Allah" was chuffed to pieces at innocent people having 10" blades driven into their torsos in his name. Fucking muppets.
BlazingDarkness
Member
These kind of details are heartbreaking
Soldiussnaku
Member
Torture has already been proven to do absolutely fuck all in terms of getting solid concrete info for the person who getting tortured. It likely just leads to more fallout and innocents getting caught up as the perp just blurts out any old shit to make the torture stop.
JonnyDBrit
Member
Nevermind my earlier statement, and thank fuck.
ronaldthump
Member
its a self defence stick.
Yoda
Member
Why would they have controlled explosion on the bridge? Disarming a bomb?
The weapon in the picture isn't a lethal weapon, so it's no different than someone carrying pepper spray or a taser (a taser is actually prob more effective than the item pictured).
The weapon in the picture isn't a lethal weapon, so it's no different than someone carrying pepper spray or a taser (a taser is actually prob more effective than the item pictured).
Good points.
TTOOLL
Member
Thanks, I looked up the quote again and he said that being prepared for attacks should be the norm. For me it's pretty much the same. Also, there are plenty of big cities around the word that are not targets of terrorist attacks.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-terrorism-attacks-part-and-parcel-major-cities-new-york-bombing-a7322846.html
Basically that but more general, yes.
Anything suspicious that was left around and could be risky to fiddle with? Police will safely blow it up. Often without knowing for sure if it was a bomb or not.
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Deleted member 325805
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Jesus I just logged​ into Reddit and saw we'd been hit again, I was just chilling watching Supernatural and had no idea about any of this. The attack happend only 40 minutes away from me :/
JonnyDBrit
Member
Controlled explosions are a means of attempting to destroy a potential, unexploded device within relatively contained confines and/or controlled conditions so as to minimise damage if it is a device. This is typically safer than trying to relocate the device elsewhere, or defuse it.
So it would be they found something they considered a possible device, decided to deal with it.
His statement is about being prepared for things like this if they happen and for citizens to stay vigilant. It's called being responsible. So really, it's not the same whatsoever.
Tell that to the parent of the girl who these guys stabbed 15 times just because she was there.
lvl99 Pixel
Member
wtf do people expect to gain from torture? sink to their level and do some inhumane shit?
The fact thats even suggested makes me nauseous. Take a step back and think about it.
Chilling as fuck.
Stead Fast
Banned
Police will routinely sweep the surrounding area, any and all packages, bags, or even discarded clothing - basically anything that could have been carried by the attackers and can also hold an explosive, they will quarantine the area, then bomb specialists will set off their own explosion in order to remove the threat.
Herr Schwarz
Banned
I wouldn't advocate for torture, but since they want to die anyway, I'd advocate possible psychometric analysis, maybe a bit of brainwashing. See if you can deprogram these people etc.
If my parents could live in London during the IRA terrorism of the 80's and 90's, I can continue to live in London during this period of radical Islamist terrorism. Keep calm and carry on indeed.
Killing innocent civilians is wrong in Wahhabism too. They do technically allow for death via collateral damage - unintentional killings like the majority of Western countries.
Isis don't really need hadiths or mainstream Islamic scholars, they use the above and say you can kill everyone not on Isis side as an enemy combatant. Babies or anybody.