Armed police roaming the streets, not sure if someone is on the loose with a gun or knife stabbing people
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Glasgow City Centre Incident (26th June 2020)
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Saw something that said the building was being used to house the homeless during Covid but that's just speculation.
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Britain seems knife-crazed at the minute. What the feck is going on?
WTF?!?!
Sky News saying there have been fatalities, and that the Armed Police were there and shots fired, and that the suspect was detained (alive or dead they're unsure)
Sky News saying there have been fatalities, and that the Armed Police were there and shots fired, and that the suspect was detained (alive or dead they're unsure)
Male suspect was shot by armed police - confirmed.
Situation is contained and no further threat to the public
Situation is contained and no further threat to the public
Police have lost control in certain parts of the country. Just two days ago a large mob attacked police officers in Brixton and chased the police away from the area.
Suspect was shot dead.
3 people killed in this event - not sure whether than includes the attacker. From Sky News
3 people killed in this event - not sure whether than includes the attacker. From Sky News
Horrible
Likely means the police officer is dead then. fecked up.
Weirdly enough, I was speaking to a co-worker this morning whose grandson was stabbed in a park in Manchester a couple of days ago. He's in intensive care right now.
Knife crime seems rife across the country. Worrying times.
The only solution to knife crime is a reduction in poverty and some kind of national child-limiting policy.
RIP to the victims. Just senseless loss of life.
Why try tackle the issues causing crime when you can instead just blame immigration?
Literally about 100 metres from my work. Feck 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53195939
3 dead stabbing victims according to that report. Police have killed the (believed) lone attacker.
The BBC are describing the hotel as being "used to house asylum seekers".
3 dead stabbing victims according to that report. Police have killed the (believed) lone attacker.
The BBC are describing the hotel as being "used to house asylum seekers".
Scary. Glad you’re okay mate.Literally about 100 metres from my work. Feck
Thanks mate. It's always terrible seeing incidents like this but it really drives things into perspective when it's places you know and walk often. Terrible news, really hope those in recovery are okay and thoughts with the poor victims and their families too.
I agree it should be tackled at the source but poverty doesn’t mean you end up stabbing loads of people does it?
Dealing with poverty would massively address street crime but this is surely a different kettle of fish.
The way I see it:
Poverty -> Not taking school seriously or no support at home -> Poorly educated and easily influenced by media and your typical fascist try hards
Everything is routed to poverty. Poverty and inherent human shiteness.
Maybe so, yeah.
That's a weird take on things.
Most of the Rest of the world are way poorer than a Britain citizen, your idea of poor is living on a dole, our idea of poor is living on 1-2 pound / day and that's feeding our family. You don't see many terrorist attack in Asia (SEA)
Wait, what?
Is this true? Didn't the the Security Minister of Indonesia get attacked by a knife wielding terrorist last year for instance?
Yup, but that doesn't' happened very often. I'm saying htings like random shooting / knifing is very rare. What happened to the Minister was a premeditated attack. What happened in UK and US are pretty random it seems.
You realise poverty is relative?
Hotel is used to house asylum seekers during this current Covid Lockdown, attacker stabbed the hotel receptionist and maintenance guy and other people staying at the hotel, some were stabbed out in the street.
Guy supposedly ran back in and up to his room and the armed police then went in and shot him in his room.
Police officer that was stabbed is critical but stable.
Guy supposedly ran back in and up to his room and the armed police then went in and shot him in his room.
Police officer that was stabbed is critical but stable.
If poverty means you're more likely to become indoctrinated by facists (or whatever ist) then surely there would be more attacks on poorer parts of the world.
Officer is critical but stable apparently. And not being treated as a terrorist incident.
It is being treated as terrorism according to AP News.
Yes AP News just corrected themselves.
It's not being treated as a terrorist incident according to Glasgow's chief constable.
Edit: Sorry. Just saw the correction.
If we are talking about the rise of facism again in the West I'd say it's the sister issue of rising income inequality is the cause. People are struggling more and more and get angry at the establishment they view as responsible. Then they move to the extreme ideologies that promise to fix these issues.
Was it terrorist related or he just went nuts?
Fewer people to stab - less knife crime. What's not to like!!
Don't really know, but the police aren't treating it as terror related.
Can see why someone would flip being locked up in a hotel room for months though!
By terrorist, do they mean the suspect was not a Muslim/immigrant?
Loving this blame the poor spiel, you literally described my upbringing.
My view is that the rich are the problem - believing everyone who cant afford private school are scum leads to them having little empathy that creates absolute cretinous kids which causes this huge social divide amongst the classes.
Truth be told people are just animals, the only difference is that poor people get punished while the wealthy get immunity.
You've missed my point. That was my upbringing too. It's not blaming the poor, it's blaming the system which generates mass poverty.