Liverpool bomb incident 14/11/21

[Ax^]

only way you could get the loyalist bombing again would be to crack down really hard on drug dealing in the north


regardless of their rhetoric

 

[ddraig]

Saw this earlier and no thread!
Twitter is a cesspit (obviously) :/

 

[Ax^]

you could of started one

 

[manji]

The S*n report has obviously been compiled by some hack reading Twitter and Sky News phoning in a report this evening. Makes it more dramatic.

 

[T & P]

Saw this earlier and no thread!
Twitter is a cesspit (obviously) :/

I did find it weird that none of the main media outlets seemed to have reported it for a solid 7-8 hours after the explosion.

 

[Ax^]

less people wanting to engage with the fail or the sun maybe


still wtf is the bbc about

 

[T & P]

Speculation galore atm and whereas the Telegraph mentions the Women’s Hospital aplenty, it also says that the explosion happened at 10.59 am and the taxi was just a mile away from Liverpool Cathedral, which was rammed with people attending a Remembrance service about to start.

 

[Serene]

Speculation galore atm and whereas the Telegraph mentions the Women’s Hospital aplenty, it also says that the explosion happened at 10.59 am and the taxi was just a mile away from Liverpool Cathedral, which was rammed with people attending a Remembrance service about to start.

One could speculate from this that the Taxi was hired to go to the Cathedral to do this, but that the Driver refused and ended up pulling in at the Hospital, in an argument, and refusal, and thus stopped a very serious incident.

 

[ddraig]

https://twitter.com/LiamThorpECHO?

 

[skyscraper101]

Daily Mail saying the ‘suicide bomber’ was locked in the cab from the outside by the taxi driver after he became suspicious and that driver managed to escape “with some injuries” so it looks like yer man managed to kill only himself which is a result if true.

 

[tim]

https://twitter.com/LiamThorpECHO?

Police negotiators, so it clearly isn't over.

 

[Serene]

They will have questioned the survivors from the car and will know whats going on.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Reckon the cops do make rare exceptions in cases where taxis explode.

The taxi had a history of mental health problems.

 

[skyscraper101]

They will have questioned the survivors from the car and will know whats going on.

As I understood it there was just one passenger in the car and he’s now dead after the driver locked him in and he detonated his device.

 

[Aladdin]

Possibly not white in the same way that the Guilford Four weren't white.

The Guilford 4 weren't terrorists and didnt bomb anyone.

 

[Serene]

As I understood it there was just one passenger in the car and he’s now dead after the driver locked him in and he detonated his device.

The driver will know something. This may all be the reason for lack of info in the media, as the Police dont know whats going on sufficiently to release it.

 

[tim]

The Guilford 4 weren't terrorists and didnt bomb anyone.

Yes, I know but they fitted a category and so were framed by the police. I was responding to this.

the terrorism bit basically means that are not white

 

[skyscraper101]

If true it’s verging on a Four Lions level of fail.

Hero taxi driver 'locked bomber in car' before hospital explosion, pal claims

David Perry has been named as the hero taxi driver who is understood to have locked an attacker inside the vehicle when the explosion happened outside Liverpool Women's hospital

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[T & P]

Yes, it sounds as if the bloke might have decided to casually open his jacket to tuck in the the wires one last time, in full view of the cabbie.

As an aside thought, not that I ever expect to be in a situation where a taxi driver felt necessary to lock me in, but interesting to know they can do that.

 

[two sheds]

I'm wondering where the other three fit in

 

[manji]

Bloke dressed a pregnant woman.

 

[William of Walworth]

From the link in skyscraper101 's post, this is an interesting detail concerning the taxi and passenger :

When contacted by The Mirror, Merseyside Police referred enquiries to Greater Manchester Police (GMP).

But there's shedloads of other questions that are unanswered**, though ...

**(unsurprisingly at this stage!)

 

[8ball]

Bloke dressed a pregnant woman.

'Bump bomb'? Is unusual but has been attempted before.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

the terrorism bit basically means that are not white

Is there a non terrorist reason to be in a cab with a bomb?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I suppose it could be some villain on a 1960s bank security blag fantasy mission who cheaped out on logistics and ended up in a hospital when the dynamite went off accidentally.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Yes, it sounds as if the bloke might have decided to casually open his jacket to tuck in the the wires one last time, in full view of the cabbie.

As an aside thought, not that I ever expect to be in a situation where a taxi driver felt necessary to lock me in, but interesting to know they can do that.

All cabs and private hire cars have central locking/child locks don't they?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

From the link in skyscraper101 's post, this is an interesting detail concerning the taxi and passenger :




But there's shedloads of other questions that are unanswered**, though ...

**(unsurprisingly at this stage!)

I thought the referral to GMP was weird, too, but maybe there's a vacant post in Liverpool police press office, and/or maybe folk are off sick with Covid and/or on maternity leave.

Maybe Liverpool police are being swamped with media enquiries and GMP's helping them out?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

All cabs and private hire cars have central locking/child locks don't they?

I think so: because they're publicly liable for things like passengers wanting to climb out mid journey and the such. I always assumed it was to stop fare dodgers but probably more health and safety.

 

[William of Walworth]

I think so: because they're publicly liable for things like passengers wanting to climb out mid journey and the such. I always assumed it was to stop fare dodgers but probably more health and safety.

I was more wondering (and still am!) whether or not any of the suspects were from Manchester rather than from Liverpool?

But who the hell knows ar this stage ....

 

[Dogsauce]

Could have been someone already under surveillance given the raid seemed to happen fairly quickly after the blast. Which either means Islamist or some kind of clown army hippy bunch given those are the only groups the peelers bother keeping an eye on.