Woolwich soldier killed (was "Did cops just shoot 2 dead in woolwich?")

[Sasaferrato]

Mate ive seen alot of shit im my time but that has to rank sumwhere in the top 3

Shouldn't, but

According to the BBC news, two men of Muslim appearance have hacked a British soldier to death, and filmed the event. They were also heard to shout 'Allah Akbar'.

Forgive me if I don't share in your .

 

[brogdale]

Quite simple.

I opined that all should be taken with a pinch of salt at this stage (terrorists/muslims/alluh akbhar/etc) as eyewitnesses are notoriously shite. In addition, early reports of dramatic events such as this are almost always fairly flawed as people get overexcited and speculation gets confused with fact.

You replied by saying that Nick Robinson had tweeted that it is:

apparently also going to the trouble of bolding 'Islamist' (and also 'Britain' for some reason...)

Which was either a totally random non-sequiteur, or intended as some sort of refutation of my point.

Which it's not.

Hope that clarifies!

Bolding courtesy of the BBC. I think you're barking up the wrong tree tbh.

 

[Corax]

Bolding courtesy of the BBC. I think you're barking up the wrong tree tbh.

The bolding's not important. I think you're wriggling tbh.

 

[editor]

Whatever happened, if the eye witness accounts are correct, it must have been a stomach-churning attack to watch.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Good riddance then.

Are you intending to join the human race at some point?

 

[Sasaferrato]

Whatever happened, if the eye witness accounts are correct, it must have been a stomach-churning attack to watch.

Indeed.

 

[stuff_it]

Post #2

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/did-cops-just-shoot-2-dead-in-woolwich.310684/#post-12256257

TBH I'm perfectly happy to go along with Boya Dee knowing whether the guys who did it are black or not as well.

 

[JimW]

According to the BBC news, two men of Muslim appearance have hacked a British soldier to death, and filmed the event. They were also heard to shout 'Allah Akbar'.

Forgive me if I don't share in your .

he's grinning at the bloke (ETA the tweeting witness) making this extraordinarily gruesome attack only one of the "top three" mad things he's seen, not belittling the attack itself.

 

[brogdale]

The bolding's not important. I think you're wriggling tbh.

Really?

 

[Corax]

Really?

Yes.

Next question?

 

[8115]

Meeting of Cobra (Guardian). I reckon it's all over bar the shouting though.

 

[Pickman's model]

Same auld same auld I see

 

[Pickman's model]

Meeting of Cobra (Guardian). I reckon it's all over bar the shouting though.

By no means 1000 posts by 7am ftw

 

[krink]

is Woolwich a bad area? i don't know London at all really but heard a few people commenting that Woolwich is a pretty tough neighbourhood.

 

[8115]

By no means 1000 posts by 7am ftw

If it's a terror incident there'll be 1000 pages by 7am, won't mean anything more has happened.

Poor bloke (and his friends/ family) though, obviously.

 

[Pickman's model]

is Woolwich a bad area? i don't know London at all really but heard a few people commenting that it's a pretty tough neighbourhood.

It's in south london & you can make of that what you will

 

[RedDragon]

is Woolwich a bad area? i don't know London at all really but heard a few people commenting that Woolwich is a pretty tough neighbourhood.

The ferries are always fucked.

 

[Pickman's model]

If it's a terror incident there'll be 1000 pages by 7am, won't mean anything's happened.

this is urban. nothing we say bears any relation to whether something's happened

 

[cyprusclean]

*quietly crosses woolwich off potential places to move to*

You're okay if you're not in the military.

 

[ddraig]

is Woolwich a bad area? i don't know London at all really but heard a few people commenting that Woolwich is a pretty tough neighbourhood.

it is a shithole

i've seen a gang of about 10 with bats and machete looking implements chasing 2 others by the main square and off down a lane

 

[Lord Camomile]

is Woolwich a bad area? i don't know London at all really but heard a few people commenting that Woolwich is a pretty tough neighbourhood.

If it is I've honestly never experienced it in the four years I've lived here (well, next door in Plumstead but I come home via Woolwich and it's where I shop at the weekend).

I may have just been lucky, and I was actually out of the area during the riots (honest, officer... ).

It's a weird one, it really is. I've never felt properly in danger, even when walking home on my own at night, though naturally I tend to keep to the well lit square and bus stops then.

I would say this is a very visceral, very public incident. It is not, however, the only violent incident to happen in London, probably not even today.

 

[JimW]

I stayed with a mate for a year who had a flat on one of the big estates down there (can't recall which, used to walk from Woolwich Dockyard) when I was a stude in London mid 90s. Bit grim but not mental then was my impression.

 

[Lord Camomile]

i've seen a gang of about 10 with bats and machete looking implements chasing 2 others by the main square and off down a lane

Am I right in thinking you said you used to live round here? When did you see that? Like I say, I might have been lucky, but I've never seen anything serious.

In fact, just occurred to me that the other day I saw a couple of kids grappling with each other and one threw a punch. That's genuinely probably one of the most violent things I've seen round here in the past four years.

 

[Spymaster]

There's a good chance of finding out exactly what happened if the choppy fuckers don't die.

 

[ddraig]

e2a to LC
it was about 10/12 years ago iirc

 

[Lord Camomile]

There's a good chance of finding out exactly what happened if the choppy fuckers don't die.

I have to say, I'm mildly impressed/surprised they weren't shot dead.

Also, obvious but didn't occur to me: they got sent to separate hospitals. They think of everything these emergency services!

 

[butchersapron]

 

[Lord Camomile]

e2a to LC
it was about 10/12 years ago iirc

Fair enough, things may have got better since then. Mebbe.

 

[JimW]

Am I right in thinking you said you used to live round here? When did you see that? Like I say, I might have been lucky, but I've never seen anything serious.

In fact, just occurred to me that the other day I saw a couple of kids grappling with each other and one threw a punch. That's genuinely probably one of the most violent things I've seen round here in the past four years.

Only incident I had in that year was joining with some righteous citizens to chase down a bag snatcher getting off the train. Caught him on the bridge and community discussion over whether or not to chuck him off ensued

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fffffuck.

Is that what a Muslim looks like then? Can I get a confirmation form Nick Robinson on this?