seeder Posted March 22, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 22, 2017 OK this has been breaking news for a while now, police say they are treating it as a Terror attack until they know more Cop stabbed, assailant shot, and car that rammed pedestrians on Westminster bridge http://www.bbc.co.uk/news 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.ZZ. Posted March 22, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, seeder said: OK this has been breaking news for a while now, police say they are treating it as a Terror attack until they know more Cop stabbed, assailant shot, and car that rammed pedestrians on Westminster bridge http://www.bbc.co.uk/news I am following this now on TV. WTH is going on? Edited March 22, 2017 by .ZZ. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted March 22, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 22, 2017 How very terrible. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Just now, .ZZ. said: I am following this now on TV. me too, quite gripping news.. wonder if it wil turn out to be real terrorists rather than just some drunk a-hole 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Lilly said: How very terrible. Lilly the BBC link is LIVE.... if you cant get it where you are here it is again http://www.bbc.co.uk/news 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Ha....the BBC said "Donald Trump has been briefed".... SO WHAT? gggrrr to bbc for that! 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted March 22, 2017 #7 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Quote David Lidington, a member of the Conservative government, said the Parliament complex was in lockdown. He said there were reports of further violent incidents nearby, and police said they have been called to a firearms incident on nearby Westminster Bridge. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/london-shooting-1.4035964 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Falukorv Posted March 22, 2017 #8 Share Posted March 22, 2017 What we know so far A policeman has been stabbed and his attacker shot by officers at the House of Parliament Police are treating it as a "terrorist incident" The attacker is reported to have mowed down several pedestrians as he drove a grey Hyundai car across Westminster Bridge before crashing it into railings He is then reported to have run through the gates of the Palace of Westminster and stabbed the officer Eyewitnesses said he was shot by police as he approached a second officer clutching his knife 4 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted March 22, 2017 #9 Share Posted March 22, 2017 19 minutes ago, seeder said: me too, quite gripping news.. wonder if it wil turn out to be real terrorists rather than just some drunk a-hole My thoughts too. I've just come home from work and seen this. I'm very sickened and angry. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted March 22, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I'm sure it's not a drunken a-hole. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted March 22, 2017 #11 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Some of the injures are described as being cataclysmic by a medic at the hospital. I hope they're survivable. And that the PC and the other ten innocent people going about their business make full recoveries. Although, one report talked of a body in the water. One woman dead. Just broken. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #12 Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 minute ago, oldrover said: My thoughts too. I've just come home from work and seen this. I'm very sickened and angry. Indeed... The TV news is piecing it together better now.. but so far NO reports on the ID or nationality of the stabber/terrorist/s 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted March 22, 2017 #13 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Both CNN and Fox are carrying a live feed of this incident. Does look like it was either a crazy person or a terrorist (not that terrorists aren't crazy too). So awful, someone has died and other deaths may follow. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.ZZ. Posted March 22, 2017 #14 Share Posted March 22, 2017 26 minutes ago, seeder said: Ha....the BBC said "Donald Trump has been briefed".... SO WHAT? gggrrr to bbc for that! My reaction as well. What's next? Make up some c*** and bull story and Tweet it? 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Falukorv Posted March 22, 2017 #15 Share Posted March 22, 2017 31 minutes ago, seeder said: Ha....the BBC said "Donald Trump has been briefed".... SO WHAT? gggrrr to bbc for that! Exactly who cares? 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #16 Share Posted March 22, 2017 One of the things you wont hear on the news is... an event like this means automatic deployment of our feared SAS troops They will be there.... somewhere...most likely in plain clothes... but you wont spot them... unless youre a terrorist, in that case they will be the last faces you ever see 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #17 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Just now, Herr Falukorv said: Exactly who cares? and ...whats he gonna do anyway? The Brits can take care of themselves... 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted March 22, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) What I can never get over is that some poor sod caught up in their own little world, what's for tea, where's the money for that going to come from, did so and so mean this or that, is now suddenly dead as if they never mattered at all just because of some ****'* self centered delusion that they or whatever **** was in their head was the only thing that mattered.. I hope they shot him in the stomach, and I hope he screams all the way down. Edited March 22, 2017 by oldrover 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted March 22, 2017 #19 Share Posted March 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, seeder said: One of the things you wont hear on the news is... an event like this means automatic deployment of our feared SAS troops They will be there.... somewhere...most likely in plain clothes... but you wont spot them... unless youre a terrorist, in that case they will be the last faces you ever see The SAS deploy in plain clothes? I would have thought that MI5 or Special Branch would handle that sort of thing. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted March 22, 2017 #20 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, seeder said: One of the things you wont hear on the news is... an event like this means automatic deployment of our feared SAS troops They will be there.... somewhere...most likely in plain clothes... but you wont spot them... unless youre a terrorist, in that case they will be the last faces you ever see So how are they likely to be able to prevent someone suddenly taking out a knife and stabbing someone or suddenly swerving a car onto a pavement? Pre-emptively open fire on anyone who they think might look fanatical enough, just in case? Edited March 22, 2017 by Manfred von Dreidecker 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Falukorv Posted March 22, 2017 #21 Share Posted March 22, 2017 12 minutes ago, ExpandMyMind said: The SAS deploy in plain clothes? I would have thought that MI5 or Special Branch would handle that sort of thing. These guys look like they wear common clothes 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #22 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: So how are they likely to be able to prevent someone suddenly taking out a knife and stabbing someone or suddenly swerving a car onto a pavement? Pre-emptively open fire on anyone who they think might look fanatical enough, just in case? Come on man.... we have the majority of UK cops unarmed, then we have armed cops but only to deal with criminals who are armed.....and then we have anti terror cops who will shoot to kill.....and then the SAS..... who no bad guy ever wants to meet Of course they are not mind readers...... but the govt building and staff.... plus the Queens residence..... are the highest of terrorists targets, and therefore have the strongest forms of protection You can guarantee.... the SAS are there in such incidents... *snip* Edited March 22, 2017 by Saru Removed flame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted March 22, 2017 #23 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, Herr Falukorv said: These guys look like they wear common clothes Any idea who they are? 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted March 22, 2017 #24 Share Posted March 22, 2017 It's scary to think of the damage this guy could have done if he had access to firearms. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted March 22, 2017 Author #25 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, Herr Falukorv said: These guys look like they wear common clothes One thing people forget about the SAS is....they infiltrated the IRA terrorists...... they couldnt have done that in army uniform and boots.... Ive no doubt SAS dress in combat greens or blacks....WHEN its needed.... But Royal and Govt protection forces....can be plain clothed... and the SAS have more effect when no-one knows who the hell they are Which is how they infiltrated the IRA....or other terror groups. Their role is to sometimes be the 'grey man'..... ie: someone who doesn't stick out or bring attention to themselves..... UNLESS.... its a full on assault.... in which case..... as with the Libyan Embassy....you see them like this 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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