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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 08:32 PM Dec 2015

TYT: London Knife Terrorist Kills Zero, Injures Three



Another terrorist attack, this time in the UK. It was one guy, who was screaming, “this is for Syria.” He was apparently a muslim radical who was trying to kill civilians. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Tube station 'machete' attack sees two injured as reports say a man was Tasered after slashing someone's throat, police are treating it as a terrorist incident.

David Pethers, 33, was cut as he tried to approach the “crazy” assailant who had just stabbed another man and left him in a pool of blood.

But the lift engineer still tried to disarm the man before police arrived and Tasered him.

Security was stepped up at Tube and train stations with extra officers on patrol following Britain’s first terror attack since the murder of Lee Rigby in 2013.

Police are examining whether the suspect, a 29-year-old man, may have a history of mental health problems.

He stormed into Leytonstone Tube Station around 7pm on Saturday and began attacking travellers as he screamed “this is for Syria”.”*

Read more here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/12035552/Leytonstone-London-tube-underground-machete-attack-terrorism.html

#0 sez: "If only he'd had a gun..."
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TYT: London Knife Terrorist Kills Zero, Injures Three (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 OP
Armed with only a knife he managed to kill how many? randys1 Dec 2015 #1
Get rid of machetes. No good use for them. Ban them. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #3
Dude on the DC metro TeddyR Dec 2015 #5
No guns equals thousands less deaths annually in America. guaranteed randys1 Dec 2015 #7
There is zero evidence TeddyR Dec 2015 #8
Amen, brother libdem4life Dec 2015 #2
The police didn't kill the guy rpannier Dec 2015 #4
This is the birth of the hashtag "#YouAintNoMuslim".... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #6
 

TeddyR

(2,493 posts)
5. Dude on the DC metro
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 09:32 PM
Dec 2015

Managed to kill a guy really dead with his knife, with about 8 unarmed onlookers too scared to intervene. If that had been my son he killed, would have liked to see someone at least attempt to help.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
7. No guns equals thousands less deaths annually in America. guaranteed
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:08 PM
Dec 2015

So the question is how many deaths are acceptable.

We have 300 million guns now, or more.

Is that enough? Not enough?

Just suicides alone would drop dramatically.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
6. This is the birth of the hashtag "#YouAintNoMuslim"....
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:40 PM
Dec 2015

It's trending big time in England right now in SUPPORT of the Muslim religion.

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