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Terrorist attack in London [up: 6 people killed, ~50 injured, 3 attackers dead]
- Thread starter chadskin
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I'm worried because my wife is pregnant. It's just something you start thinking about.
chromatic9
Member
Going to be a tough decision to go ahead with the concert in Manchester. Old Trafford Cricket ground is very close to residential streets with various openings. It's great for a open air concert but not the best place when under threat from terrorists.
Insane Metal
Member
Fucking hell, not again!!!
Jesus Christ this makes me so sad!!!
((
Fuck this. Fuck these people.
Jesus Christ this makes me so sad!!!
((Fuck this. Fuck these people.
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Banned
I'd rather the police just kill them to be honest. Is not like these cunts are criminal masterminds, their correspondence is usually easy to trace.
ClosingADoor
Member
The only use for capturing them alive is mapping out the terrorist cell if possible. Other then that, I really couldn't care about what happens to people who do this.
You look middle eastern? There are actual middle eastern people in London who carry on their everyday lives very happily.
I'm half Arabic and have lived in different parts of the UK throughout my life, the vast majority of people will not have any prejudices against you, you're welcome here and don't think otherwise.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Thread title needs updating, it has escalated (scenes in the market)
Agent Gibbs
Member
So they still haven't place any protective barriers between the road and the walkways?
You know you can just fill water in these things
They don't stop anything larger than a smart car, in fact larger cars propel them if they break off their mounts so they can be missiles
I work for a Uk council highways dept and we are currently producing a scheme to introduce crash 'proof' bollards around the city centre to prevent vehicle incursions and even the ones we are looking at might not stop some HGV's but they slow them enough to allow people to flee
and they aren't cheap (thousands per bollard) to install without considering the cost of moving under ground pipes, electricity feeds etc to fit their concrete bases, its impossible to install them everywhere, and you cannot install them on a bridge deck, they don't have the depth.
Installing the current technology is not the answer, preventing the terrorism (if this is that) and Police is the way to stop this
They need these...
They are the sort of things councils will be installing across the country, the bulk of costs is the diversion of underground stats cables/pipes
BossDarkseid
Member
I'll give you a hug.
You should be fine though. London's not really gonna be London unless you walk down the street and see a mini kaleidoscope of multiculturalism.
Can't say there won't be a few prices though
Maintaining the terror alert at critical wouldn't have stopped this. There's still armed soldiers on the streets after Manchester.
pigeon interrupted
Member
None really. I heard they were removing armed military personnel as part of the downgrade, though.
But you can't Predict and preempt these things.
Oh, I know. Just thought it was tangentially relevant.
Citizen_Insane
Member
Good to hear, thanks guys. The world's just a scary place right now so I don't feel it's wrong to be cautious.
And didn't mean to take away from this event, sorry.
Visualante2
Member
Not sure deterrence is really the topic but after the Nice attack I think they were looking at retractable steel poles that can be put up during attacks or events. No idea if any progress has been made on that.
This sounds more like a paris situation rather than a westminster situation.
Sky news showing police putting on riot gear to protect against stabbing
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
London is incredibly multi-cultural, so I wouldn't worry too much. Also, I find it's reputation for "coldness" to be overblown, it's not worse in that regard than any other big city (and I say that as a non-resident).
paperboywriter
Member
It becomes numbing. Almost boring. Fuck those assholes
Fucking awful, my heart jumped when i read the thread title. I just dont know, i dont know how we can root these pieces of shits out. Im veering towards zero tolerance here, anyone that knows anyone with these beliefs that dont report them should also be charged. Im at a loss.
Please, i pray, no fatalities. Please ;_;
Please, i pray, no fatalities. Please ;_;
they are looking for active shooters/people with deadly weapons possibly hiding in crowds.
Jezbollah
Member
Sure. Criticise them. Or would you rather blame them for bystanders being shot?
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Banned
It made a lot of possibly drunk people pay attention and do as they were told I guess.
yeah i get it its just i imagine everyone there is now traumatized.
ClosingADoor
Member
What else would you have them do? Crowded area, potential terrorist between them with a gun possibly. Can't really ask people nicely and wait for them to react.
Audioboxer
Member
No, but it shows they weren't expecting an imminent attack to drop it and here we are. This suggests it's a cell operating outwith the Manchester one. Not good for our intelligence services. London is a high-value target so usually if an attack happens elsewhere you'd expect intelligence to be on high alert in London.
So whats the alternative?
Also they were dealing with people who are steaming drunk as well. Shouting at them is the only way you'd get their attention.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Holy shit. I was wondering why there were so many ambulances on the motorway heading to the direction of central.
Ravensmash
Member
Please come.
I work in London (don't live there) but it's an amazing city and you'll feel fully welcome anywhere you go.
This is a joke post, right?
Potentiallt tens of thousands of young and aggrieved Muslim men willing to perpetrate such attacks. Hard to know what should be response.
Jezbollah
Member
Do you not think people in a major terrorist incident doesn't get traumatised?
And_Gignac
Member
This "logic and death statistics" rebuttal is dumb . It feels extremely dismissive to people who have all the right to feel scared of terrorism.
I live and work in London and have no fear of these incidents, Londoners just carry on as usual now. Don't let this kind of thing put you off. With regards to the middle eastern thing... London is a very multicultural place, there's no way you would need to feel uncomfortable or worry about racism.
scotcheggz
Member
It looks pretty mental but they were mentioning the police shouting on BBC news and the witness was saying that you know, people out, had a few drinks, some people are a little slow to react by this point in the evening. I don't envy the police in this situation right now.
London is a melting pot of millions of people and one of the most diverse cities in the world. Londoners are used to seeing just about every ethnicity and nationality you can think of on a daily basis. No-one is going to be racist to you because you look middle eastern.
Apocryphon
Member
But alive.
Maaaaaardy
Member
THREE SUSPECTS.
How can these cunts do this and get away!?
How can these cunts do this and get away!?
Stead Fast
Banned
It's Saturday night in London, there are a lot of innocent people who do not have the wits around them, especially with regards to a potential killer nearby. Loud, to the point, and fast is what I saw there. Scary as it may be, how would you recommend getting everyone's compliance without force with that much efficiency?