CBS reports a third site of violence. These places may be close enough in proximity that the same group of perpetrators are mobile. I've never seen cops screaming this agitated at lookers on. We're seeing the scene of the arrests.
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Lash
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Sat 3 Jun, 2017 04:56 pm
Vauxhall is the third location cited as a violent incident.
Summary
Police confirm more than one fatality after terror attacks in London Bridge and Borough Market
Speeding van veered into crowds, reports of men attacking members of public with knives
Reports of "multiple" casualties and walking wounded
A third incident in nearby Vauxhall was a stabbing and not connected to terror attacks, say police
Officers understood to be looking for three suspects who may be armed
London Bridge railway station is closed while transport police deal with the incident
Transport for London says the bridge is closed to all traffic
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Finn dAbuzz
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Sat 3 Jun, 2017 07:32 pm
I can tell you having just visited this city a week ago that the citizens of London have come to accept these attacks as the new norm.
They're not changing the way they behave and live but they are not infuriated and demanding their government do something either.
Vauxhall is the third location cited as a violent incident.
Not related. Just a Saturday night stabbing in Vauxhall.
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centrox
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Sun 4 Jun, 2017 02:17 am
@Finn dAbuzz,
Finn dAbuzz wrote:
they are not infuriated and demanding their government do something either.
It's a sad state of affairs.
I think it is the opposite of a sad state of affairs. People are, rightly, distrustful of politicians who promise to "do something" when some awful event happens. No need to write blank cheques ("checks") to demagogues.
Harun Khan, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said Muslims everywhere were "outraged and disgusted at these cowards who once again have destroyed the lives of our fellow Britons".
He added: "That this should happen in this month of Ramadan, when many Muslims were praying and fasting only goes to show that these people respect neither life nor faith."
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Finn dAbuzz
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Sun 4 Jun, 2017 12:43 pm
@centrox,
Fair enough, but what happens if these attacks continue to increase in frequency?
Hopefully, she'll be out of a job on Friday, or if not then greatly weakened.
The Guildford pub bombings happened shortly before the general election, too, and you got the Prevention of Terrorism Act in those days ...
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centrox
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Sun 4 Jun, 2017 02:21 pm
@Lash,
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Are you pulling for Corbyn?
You mean you really can't tell? I have been a card-carrying member of the Labour Party since 1970. I am a Jezza supporter within the party. Not all 65 year olds are fascist Brexiteers as some polling analysts seem to think.
Given Corbyn's softness on terrorism and his recent refusal to unequivocally denounce the IRA, I can't imagine that these latest terrorist attacks will help Labour in the upcoming election
Truthfully, I was a bit ignorant as to the possibility of an additional party who may have a reasonable chance--and so many here have criticized Corbyn, so I didn't want to assume.
I like Corbyn a lot--based on the little I know about him.
Truthfully, I was a bit ignorant as to the possibility of an additional party who may have a reasonable chance--and so many here have criticized Corbyn, so I didn't want to assume.
I like Corbyn a lot--based on the little I know about him.
Then you are one among a few. His own party members don't like him.
Then you are one among a few. His own party members don't like him.
The Blairite "New Labour" wing in the Parliamentary Labour Party (the Labour members of Parliament) don't like him, but the leader is elected by the ordinary members like me, and a thumping majority voted for him. His popularity in the country is closing fast on May's.
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