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[Stead Fast]

This is terrible! Regardless of motive or intent, this is despicable. Judging by the Sky and BBC footage, CoL emergency services are once again out in full force at a minutes' notice. I just hope those being treated by them pull through.

 

[Boy Wander]

Hats off to the emergency services. Got there in 2 minutes according to BBC.

 

[Divius]

3 attacks in 3 months now - they were right to raise the threat level.

Too bad it doesn't help. Should maybe look into other preventive solutions.

 

[KingSnake]

LBC is quite capable of reporting nonsense in the heat for the moment. However,they probably wouldn't knowingly tun a lie.

This is supposed to be a report from a witness, so not necessarily a lie from their side. Let's see if it's confirmed or not by others.

 

[Host Samurai]

Jesus. Hope everyone ok. Please don't be ISIS.

 

[pigeon interrupted]

Is LBC a trusted source? All I know about them is that they host Farage's show which is not a positive argument in that direction.

They have a good reputation, been covering current events for over 30 years, a lot of presenters have a journalistic background but ultimately they rely on the public phoning in. It's a chat station.

 

[Morat]

This is supposed to be a report from a witness, so not necessarily a lie from their side. Let's see if it's confirmed or not by others.

Agreed.

 

[GuessWho]

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

 

[ColdPizza]

Was praying the old thread was just bumped. Damnit.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

My brother lives in London with his girlfriend and stuff likes this terrifies me

 

[Faddy]

Police tooled up with helmets and riot shields going into an area. Probably means they aren't looking for a gunman.

 

[LFMartins86]

Hats off to the emergency services. Got there in 2 minutes according to BBC.

Sky had a guy claiming to be ex-military that said he heard shots for a few minutes before what happened on the bridge so if that's true, emergency services were already on alert or on the way.

 

[m_dorian]

Cowards.

I hope there are no fatalities.

 

[jack_package_200]

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

I go on the 20th with family.

I know the likelyhood of something happening to me is low, but its still frightening.

 

[Vilix]

CNN reporting stabbing at a nearby restaurant from London Bridge.

 

[victreeb3l]

Damn not again. Hope the injured have a speedy recovery.

 

[GameAddict411]

Lots of conflicting info right now. The BBC says in one driver and was arrested while other sources say about 3 people with knives.

 

[backflip10019]

Hats off to the emergency services. Got there in 2 minutes according to BBC.

That's amazing. Good on them. A light in the darkness.

 

[Chris1]

3 attacks in 3 months now - they were right to raise the threat level.

Hopefully everyone affected pulls through somehow.

Pretty sure they lowered the threat level again a few days ago

 

[D4Danger]

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

well next Thursday is our election so it's probably going to be pretty intense anyway

 

[Stevey]

Pretty sure they lowered the threat level again a few days ago

Yeah it was lowered.

 

[Ric Flair]

It's always predominantly Muslim men, this common theme is going to lead to a lot of injustices being placed on the Muslim community as a whole at some point. There is a breaking point, I'm not sure where that point is, but I've no doubt that there will be a strong pushback to integrating Muslims into western culture. It's already helped dictate an American election

 

[| Praxis |]

CNN reporting stabbing at a nearby restaurant from London Bridge.

I mean, it is London. Hopefully they are not connected.

 

[taybul]

Literally waiting to board a plane to London. Here I was thinking it'd be safer after the last incident.

 

[GameAddict411]

It's always predominantly Muslim men, this common theme is going to lead to a lot of injustices being placed on the Muslim community as a whole at some point. There is a breaking point, I'm not sure where that point is, but I've no doubt that there will be a strong pushback to integrating Muslims into western culture.

ISIS ultimate goal and the west might just fall for it.

 

[LNBL]

Cnn reporting stabbing at a restaurant now

 

[Broken Joystick]

CNN reporting stabbing at a nearby restaurant from London Bridge.

Are we gonna trust the US media or nah

 

[pulsemyne]

Pretty sure they lowered the threat level again a few days ago

Yes it was. The even drew back on the number of military personnel who had been called in.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Wait isn't the other Ariana Grande concert either today or tomorrow? Ugh, please don't hit that too

 

[Stead Fast]

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

Given the nature of the crime, this could easily happen on any street in any location in the world. No need to deprive yourself from a trip to London over this, even with it's recent history with acts like this, London has always felt a lot safer to me than people give it credit for.

 

[pigeon interrupted]

CNN reporting stabbing at a nearby restaurant from London Bridge.

Another eyewitness on LBC saying he saw a man stabbing people around Burrow (sp?) Market, he got covered in blood.

Bars and restaurants were locking in patrons and staff to keep them sage.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Wait isn't the other Ariana Grande concert either today or tomorrow? Ugh, please don't hit that too

Tomorrow. Probably going to be a ton of security and checks there.

 

[MrS]

It's devastating to see these things happen so often in England. We are no longer safe in our country. How can our government and police allow for this to happen? How do we make it stop? It's awful.

 

[darkinstinct]

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

Why would you be worried? You're more likely to get run over by a bus than by a terrorist. However I have never heard of anyone being scared of going anywhere because they might die in traffic.

 

[RiggyRob]

Yeah it was lowered.

Pretty sure they lowered the threat level again a few days ago

I missed that, wonder what their reasoning was.

I would assume it's going to go back up though.

 

[Tovarisc]

Are we gonna trust the US media or nah

We aren't trusting UK media so...

 

[D4Danger]

Wait isn't the other Ariana Grande concert either today or tomorrow? Ugh, please don't hit that too

tomorrow in Manchester

 

[Muffin1611]

CNN reporting stabbing at a nearby restaurant from London Bridge.

I wouldn't pay it any heed until police says otherwise. Near incidents are often reported and turn out to be duds.

I do wonder how American media will do this time though. Britain was pretty pissed the last time

Edit: Ah, the police confirmed now. Good.

 

[plagiarize]

Another eyewitness on LBC saying he saw a man stabbing people around Burrow (sp?) Market he got covered in blood.

Bars were locking in patrons and staff.

Police reporting they have armed officers on scene at Borough Market.

https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk

 

[MonorailCat]

Pretty sure they lowered the threat level again a few days ago

Threat level is pretty irrelevant.
You can't stop a truck driving into pedestrians. The terrorist doesn't even need to plan it. Just get a truck and drive it into a crowd. There will always a place to drive into .. even with the highest threat level.
It can happen anywhere at any time.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Literally waiting to board a plane to London. Here I was thinking it'd be safer after the last incident.

Statistically, London is still safer than a lot of cities in the world, countless people cross this bridge every day.

 

[pulsemyne]

Talking about restuarant on BBC now.

 

[Nevasleep]

The timing...did these sick fuckers watch the champions league before going on their rampage?

 

[PillarEN]

Are we gonna trust the US media or nah

CNN International does have offices in London.

 

[Broken Joystick]

We aren't trusting UK media so...

Fair point

 

[Oriel]

God damn, I don't even do that shit in GTA.

Really?! Come on!

 

[Haines]

Hard not to get angry.

Rip to the victims

 

[Mr. Sam]

I've no appetite for waiting for the pieces of this jigsaw to come trickling through via rumour and heresay so I'll try to get some sleep and see a fuller picture in the morning.

I'm going to London next week and I'm worried. This is crazy.
Hope everyone is safe and no fatalities.

The odds of being caught in a terrorist incident - even when they're as "commonplace"as this - are very low. Please don't let events like this discourage you from experiencing one of the world's great cities.

 

[Boy Wander]

Reporting is all over the place. Gunfire mentioned on some channels, knives involved in others, people stabbed in a restaurant on CNN. I reckon this was a gang - BBC now reporting an incident in borough market which is next to London bridge. So it sounds like people with knives in Borough Market and a van on London Bridge.

 

[ColdPizza]

Wait isn't the other Ariana Grande concert either today or tomorrow? Ugh, please don't hit that too

Benefit concert tomorrow. Security at the event will be stellar but you can't control the areas surrounding it. Then again, these attacks take a fair bit of planning so I'm not expecting anything to happen. Hopefully.