Terrorist attacks throughout Europe

"place me in any cell in the world, i will deliver the module"

"my client can fit a bomb into a bucket from quite a long way away"

Robyn Frost, about to enter the station to travel into central London, saw “blood on the floor and people running down the stairs screaming ‘get out’”. Aaron Butterfield, a production manager, also arriving at the station, described people “crawling over one another” in desperation as they tried to flee. There was more panic, he said, when police told them there had been an explosion, and “someone was running around with a knife” and there was possibly another explosive device, he said.

are we now doomed to a world where some fucking idiot says "someone is running around with a knife" every time anything explodes?

just went to google this to see what happened

#BREAKING Man was shouting 'Allahu Akbar' when attacked with a hammer two persons in Lyon, #France pic.twitter.com/Ghel8VNRes

— Rami (@RamiAILoIah) September 15, 2017

and found nothing about this attack but apparently there was a [second, different] knife attack earlier today?

there was an attempted knife attack here in Paris today, at Châtelet, on a soldier on anti-terror patrol, is that what you're thinking of? no one was hurt, attacker was captured, said something about Allah during the attack, was previously unknown to French intelligence, apparently.

The Irishman was said to have been heard to shout allahu akhbar as he snuck off early for a cheeky pint, his disciplinary meeting heard

Reports that the toddler shouted allahu akhbar whilst refusing to eat vegetables, naughty step told

Democratic convention "screamed allahu akhbar" while selecting Clinton - breaking

if he had shouted allardyce akbar nobody would have batted an eyelid

People on bus looking at me funny, may shout allahu Akbar in a bid for distraction

in most of the country the only words anyone understands nowadays are "allahu akbar"

lol you all

do you think it would throw these lads off their stride if everybody joined in with "allahu akbar"?

could be like the new kolo/yaya toure tune. maybe to the same tune.

would love to see a video of a load of pissed up young lads in some town centre singing it.

a lot of that at the Emirates last night according to the BBC

They've been among us the whole time.

apparently a politician who refuses to give interviews to the press or speak in public has referred to this attack as "cowardly"

"big sam's face in place of al-baghdadi's"

Lol! I can't get that image out of my head now.

'We won't let terrorists change the way we live'

yeah, apart from every time there is an explosion now, there will be an unruly all-for-one stampede over the unfortunate people on the deck. That wonderful Blitz spirit!

Bowin to Blitz

Has Corbyn condemned The Big Sam yet though?

Sorry London, in what has been a shitty year across the globe, you are dealing with an extra level of bullshit.

nah

shit happens everywhere

the tower fire is the only really shocking thing to have happened here lately

I can remember MTV Raps doing a live broadcast outside Piccadilly Tube station in the 90's while a security alert was happening. Fab 5 Freddy was saying something ridic like "Wow, do you live with this terrorist danger on a daily basis in this city?". Lol, hardly comparable with living in a Crips and the Bloods warzone U know, but we survive!

Indeed, I'd quite like if they could catch this clown with the bucket before I go to my work tomorrow.

... but anyway I'm certainly not losing any sleep.

maybe it was a clown on his way to work? have they checked to see it is was full of confetti?

I wasn't trying to belittle anyone's current paranoia. Just reminiscing about those more genteel IRA days.

Tomorrow's DM front page is predictably wack - apparently its google's fault?

I am really annoyed by the obvious theatre of terror levels, mainly because I don't remember them being implemented before 9/11, so it feels like they've been invented by white people who don't like brown people.

And when the IRA used to make improvised explosive devices, they tended to use more than 1 LIDL bag and a bucket. Remember the Canary Wharf damage? What was terror threat level then?

the local army camp always had a board out the front with the current BIKINI state on it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIKINI_state

also, this was 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Wm4qXC_j4

Indeed, I'd quite like if they could catch this clown with the bucket before I go to my work tomorrow.

― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, September 15, 2017 8:54 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

... but anyway I'm certainly not losing any sleep.

― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, September 15, 2017 8:54 PM (forty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

maybe it was a clown on his way to work? have they checked to see it is was full of confetti?

― plp will eat itself (NickB), Friday, September 15, 2017 8:57 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Alright me laddio, yer nicked"
"Ya got me bang to rights, er I mean allahu akbar"

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/386-clown-police.jpg

What's going on in London?

Fire engines and armed police on the scene

Unconfirmed reports of shots fired but no reported casualties. Huge police presence and people being cordoned off/kept in shop basements, but it doesn't look that bad on the TV?

Sounds like nothing much.

Gunshots - my friend’s boyfriend is locked in someone’s wine cellar until the all-clear.

At this stage, we have received one report of a woman sustaining a minor injury when leaving Oxford Circus station. There are no other reported casualties. More updates to follow.

— BTP (@BTP) November 24, 2017

This is going to sound, and be, very pedantic, but from next time on we use London Rolling for this kind of thing yes good ok

I don't think so, that thread has other uses and I don't want to worry that something's happened every it gets bumped for whatever reason.

We have not located any trace of suspects, evidence of shots fired or casualties. Officers still on scene. If you are in a building stay there, if you are on the street in #OxfordStreet leave the area. Officers continue to search the area. More updates as soon as we have them

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) November 24, 2017

Looks like it may have been an electrical fault or something else mistaken for gunshots. If there's any kind of sharp bang in the current climate then people are understandably going to panic and think it's either shots fired or a bomb. Given how rapid the police response was there'd be ambulances on scene if anything much were taking place.

TfL tweeted to say both stations are now open againp. Wtf?

Vermin.

pic.twitter.com/XrxRuP8oST

— Nick Srnicek (@n_srnck) November 24, 2017

sounds similar to the stampede at jfk last year (where the "gunshots" turned out to be people celebrating usain bolt winning the 100m on tv)

A high voltage dead short doesn't half make a terrifying flash and bang and these are nervous times, fair enough. But these irresponsible fuckwits need shutting down for good.

fair, if it's a fuse box then it's not as stupid as the jfk thing

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/08/the-terrifying-jfk-airport-shooting-that-wasnt.html

T*mmy R0b!ns0n getting the online piss ripped out of him is a very fine start to the weekend.