UK - Terror attacks at London Bridge, Borough Market; 11 confirmed dead, incl. 3 suspects; many injuries. 3 June 2017

  • #321
I think its possible the Manchester attack and resulting increased national threat levels and security responses may have helped achieve an increased level of preparedness and successful execution by LE, etc.
 
  • #322
And it's on You Tube


[video=youtube;w9yak899MUs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9yak899MUs[/video]
 
  • #323
I was wondering about this too...I would think they would want to preserve all evidence, especially the perps' bodies, but if there was an imminent safety threat...

Maybe the bomb robot thingy was able to detach the vests from their bodies? If not I'm sure the police would have chosen public safety over dignity for the killers corpses and blown them up.
 
  • #324
So, I read or posted somewhere that one of the attackers was married for 3 years and had 2 kids, iirc? I would imagine they are part of the group of persons arrested so far? (Not that they were necessarily knowledgeable and active, but it would be SOP to interview and detain them...)

I imagine some of the victims' families may not have been located and notified yet, and perhaps evidence is still being collectrd, etc, since the victims' names have not been released as of yet.
 
  • #325
It says I need a tv license in order to get the live stream?

I am watching here, but had to give it permission to allow it to be viewed on my tablet. Quite emotional (and I really do not follow Ariana Grande, so know very little about her or her music)
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/live/869974381853790208

ETA: when she hugged the solo-singer who was crying (in the High School Choir) I lost it. Manchester needed this!
 
  • #326
Link to UK Prime Minister and her speech today:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Number10gov

UK Prime Minister*@Number10gov·4h

"Enough is enough". Watch the PM's statement on Downing Street responding to last night’s brutal terror attack in London.
 
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Rodolphe Gintz*@gintz·1m

Tomorrow, the flags of @douane_france will be flown at half-mast in tribute to the victims of the London attentat @UKBORDERFORCE @HMRCgovuk
 
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  • #330
"Here’s what we know about the victims of the attack as of early Sunday:

Four British police officers, as well as German, French, Canadian and Spanish citizens, are among those injured or killed.

From the Guardian: A man shot in the head is expected to make a full recovery, a senior doctor at the Royal London hospital has told the Guardian. According to the assistant commissioner of the Met Police, Mark Rowley, the man was shot as police tried to subdue the attackers.

“We had one gunshot wound. There’s a patient in this hospital who’s been shot in the head; a man. He’s absolutely not dying. Our expectation is that he will make a full recovery,” said Dr. Malik Ramadhan.

The man is one of 12 taken to the Royal London hospital with injuries from either being hit by the van on London Bridge or the stabbings that followed.

Australian Candice Hedge, 31, was stabbed in the throat with a 12-inch knife. She is recovering in the hospital. An attacker came up behind her and slashed her neck as she was having a drink after working at the restaurant where she was attacked.

Oliver Dowling, from Christchurch, New Zealand, was stabbed in the face, neck, and stomach. He was in an induced coma, but according to a story in The Guardian, his sister posted on Facebook that “Doctors are very happy with how he’s come out the other side.”

Dowling’s girlfriend, Marie Bondeville, was also injured in the attack.

Geoff Ho, a business editor with Express Newspapers, was stabbed in the throat when he tried to help a wounded bouncer. He was in intensive care early Sunday.

Four police officers were injured in the attack, two were off-duty. One of those officers confronted one of the attackers with a baton. The officer was stabbed in the face, head and a leg. The wounds are not considered life-threatening.

A Canadian citizen was among the seven killed in the attack. That person has not been named.

A Spanish man had been treated for wounds described as “not serious,” according to The Associated Press.

From The Associated Press: France's minister for Europe says that four French citizens are among the dozens of wounded.

The names and nationalities of those who were killed have not been released."

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/at...attacks-3-suspects-killed-by-police/529624989

Aw man, so Mr.Ho, the article about the journalist I linked yesterday who's friends were concerned, was stabbed in the throat helping a wounded bouncer and is intensive care.

Sending wishes to all who have been injured for a speedy recovery.
 
  • #331
Interesting how the Daily Mail knew 7 had died before any other outlets had released or confirmed this...
 
  • #332
Are you on Facebook ? they are streaming it live - just type One Love Manchester into your FB search bar

Ariana Grande & Miley Cyris just finished a duet.
 
  • #333
Ariana Grande & Miley Cyris just finished a duet.

(OMG don't tell me they did "Joleen"; Miley does a greeeat version of Dolly's song...they even performed it together on TV one time...Re: Ariana Grande, I hadn't heard of her before this...)
 
  • #334
(OMG don't tell me they did "Joleen"; Miley does a greeeat version of Dolly's song...they even performed it together on TV one time...Re: Ariana Grande, I hadn't heard of her before this...)
lol.. they sang "Don't Dream It's Over".

Up next Katy Perry, the Biebs and Coldplay
 
  • #335
A very blonde & dressed in all white, ethereal- looking Katy Perry doing a touching ballad now....."this is a the part of me that your never going to take away from me" and "Roar".
 
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  • #337
Interesting how the Daily Mail knew 7 had died before any other outlets had released or confirmed this...

I think it was also the DM who said 22 died in Manchester just 90 minutes after it happened. I posted it on that thread shortly after midnight and then felt bad in case it was exaggerated. Turned out they were exactly right, so I guess they have insider knowledge along with a tendency to publish unconfirmed facts.
 
  • #338
Manchester is roaring....:happydance:
 
  • #339
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over

Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in

They come, they come
To build a wall between us

We know they won't win
 
  • #340
Concert updates at link below, also:

"A vigil for the victims will be held in Potters Fields Park, Southwark, on Monday night, according to a statement on the London Assembly website.

“The Mayor invites all Londoners – and everyone visiting our city - to come together in solidarity to remember those who have lost their lives in Saturday’s attack, to express sympathy with their families and loved ones and to show the world that we stand united in the face of those who seek to harm us and our way of life. We will never let these cowards win and we will never be cowed by terrorism.”
Members of the public can lay floral tributes at the flagpoles at City Hall."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...dge-closed-after-serious-police-incident-live
 

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