Axeman attacks people on train in southern Germany

[equationgirl]

Breaking news on BBC just now so little information.

Man with axe has attacked and injured at least 20 on a train in Germany.

I feel incredibly saddened and confused by the world at the moment. There are so many tragedies happened.

 

[gosub]

ffs

 

[krtek a houby]

 

[ruffneck23]

Every day at the moment something even more crazy seems to be happening

 

[krtek a houby]

Suspect has been shot

 

[weltweit]

There will be details emerging here:
German train 'axe attack': Many reported hurt - BBC News

What a crazy world, or do these things happen all the time but we just don't get to hear about them?

 

[krtek a houby]

There will be details emerging here:
German train 'axe attack': Many reported hurt - BBC News

What a crazy world, or do these things happen all the time but we just don't get to hear about them?

I'm sure it does. Maybe it always has but with instant access to media - they get reported and shared and discussed straight away.

Or maybe humankind is spinning into an uncontrollable frenzy with itself.

 

[editor]

Fuck's sake.

More than 20 people in Germany have been injured after a man with an axe went on the rampage on a train, German media report.

A police operation including a helicopter is under way in Heidingsfeld, a part of the city of Wurzburg in southern Germany.

Local media (in German) wrote that 21 people had been injured and a suspect appeared to have been shot.

The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt is closed.

The German news agency DPA reported that the police said some of the victims' injuries were life-threatening.

German train 'axe attack': Many reported hurt - BBC News

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

What a crazy world, or do these things happen all the time but we just don't get to hear about them?

I don't know about the whole world, but in the US, crime is actually at its lowest point in decades.

 

[editor]

I don't know about the whole world, but in the US, crime is actually at its lowest point in decades.

Depends what crime you're talking about and which part of the States, not that I think it's got much to do with this terrible incident.

Homicides, violent crimes spike in U.S. cities as police grasp for answers

 

[Idris2002]

What the absolute fuck?

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Depends what crime you're talking about and which part of the States, not that I think it's got much to do with this terrible incident.

Homicides, violent crimes spike in U.S. cities as police grasp for answers

I'm sure it does. Here's the last figures I saw, which were from 2013. It's possible that its spiked since then.

Today, the national crime rate is about half of what it was at its height in 1991. Violent crime has fallen by 51 percent since 1991, and property crime by 43 percent. In 2013 the violent crime rate was the lowest since 1970. And this holds true for unreported crimes as well. According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, since 1993 the rate of violent crime has declined from 79.8 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 people.

Read more at: Careful with the Panic: Violent Crime and Gun Crime Are Both Dropping

Careful with the Panic: Violent Crime and Gun Crime Are Both Dropping

(And, yes, it has nothing to do with the thread. Just trying to reassure folks that the world isn't ending.).

 

[butchersapron]

German sites translations i've seen have it as 5 injured - the 20 was the number of passengers on train. Oh yeah, attacker shot dead.

 

[editor]

I'm sure it does. Here's the last figures I saw, which were from 2013. It's possible that its spiked since then.



Careful with the Panic: Violent Crime and Gun Crime Are Both Dropping

(And, yes, it has nothing to do with the thread. Just trying to reassure folks that the world isn't ending.).

That's from Nov 2015. Things have heated up a fair bit in the US since then, but I think this is something for another thread.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

That's from Nov 2015. Things have heated up a fair bit in the US since then, but I think this is something for another thread.

I have noticed a spike in murders where I live. Previously we'd go years without one. This year we've had nine so far. That's still not out of line for a city of 300K

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

German sites translations i've seen have it as 5 injured - the 20 was the number of passengers on train. Oh yeah, attacker shot dead.

I'm glad its over. Any idea on who he might have been?

 

[butchersapron]

I'm glad its over. Any idea on who he might have been?

That info might be wrong - don't go quoting it! No idea at all. Other sources still sticking with 20 injured...

 

[editor]

I'm glad its over. Any idea on who he might have been?

Don't look to Twitter for an answer to that. The racist hate and bile that's already been posted up is quite depressing.

 

[ruffneck23]

Axe-wielding man attacks German railway passengers – reports

not too sure how reliable RT is though but a bit more info

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Don't look to Twitter for an answer to that. The racist hate and bile that's already been posted up is quite depressing.

Never go near the place. It's always looked like a kiddie playpen to me.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Awful. Hope the people are ok

 

[tonysingh]

I have noticed a spike in murders where I live. Previously we'd go years without one. This year we've had nine so far. That's still not out of line for a city of 300K

9 murders in a city of 300000 isn't out of line ? Fuck me that's depressing

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

9 murders in a city of 300000 isn't out of line ? Fuck me that's depressing

A topic for another thread.

 

[NoXion]

A topic for another thread.

Fuck it, until we get more details about the incident in the OP I don't see why we shouldn't discuss this.

9 murders in a city of 300000 isn't out of line ? Fuck me that's depressing

Really? I'm not familiar with the stats for this sort of thing but nine murders in an entire year for a population of 300,000 doesn't sound too excessive to me.

 

[mauvais]

Really? I'm not familiar with the stats for this sort of thing but nine murders in an entire year for a population of 300,000 doesn't sound too excessive to me.

In the UK the average would be three (1.0 per 100k)

In America it would be about 12, apparently.

Depends where you are though as to whether you expect to experience the average.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Fuck it, until we get more details about the incident in the OP I don't see why we shouldn't discuss this.

Fuck it, until we get more details about the incident in the OP I don't see why we shouldn't discuss this.

Ok. These are old stats, but as you can see there's places with higher murder rates. Most run more than that:

Stats of the States - Homicide Mortality

As the editor pointed out, the rates vary a lot by state. They also vary a lot by neighborhood. One tiny neighborhood in Omaha runs about 34 per 100K while the state itself runs <4 per 100K.

My theory for the outsize murder rate this year is that the cops broke up the gang population who are at high risk to either commit murder or be a murder victim (there's some overlap) and they moved to other parts of the state. That's making the murder rate more disperse than usual. That's just a theory. I could well be wrong.

Even so, we're still well below 12 per 100K

 

[xenon]

It's worth remembering most murders don't make the national, never mind international press. But news agenda loves a pattern. And murderous nutcases love something to pin it on. Some external rationale for just being on hinged and blood thirsty.

Welcome to the Metaverse.

 

[xenon]

On the plus side, the 7 billion people, most of us are getting along just fine.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It's worth remembering most murders don't make the national, never mind international press. But news agenda loves a pattern. And murderous nutcases love something to pin it on. Some external rationale for just being on hinged and blood thirsty.

Welcome to the Metaverse.

And scared people make wonderful tv viewers.

 

[NoXion]

If it bleeds, it leads.