[pastarocket]

Shit just got real at the British Parliament building in London. :heckno:

Assailant shot, policeman stabbed and several injured in UK parliament incident | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-photographer-idUSKBN16T1Y5)



A policeman was stabbed inside the perimeter of Britain's parliament building on Wednesday, an assailant was shot outside and several people lay bleeding on a nearby bridge, Reuters witnesses and officials said.

A Reuters photographer saw at least a dozen people injured on Westminster Bridge and photographs showed people lying on the ground, bleeding heavily. The number of casualties was unclear.

The House of Commons, which was in session at the time, was immediately suspended and lawmakers were asked to stay inside.

Prime Minister Theresa May was safe after the incident, a spokesman for her office said. He declined to say where May was when the attack took place.

The leader of the House, David Lidington, said in the chamber that an assailant who stabbed a policeman had been shot by police.

Amid confusing scenes, it appeared the incident may have unfolded in several locations, including the busy bridge where tourists often congregate to take pictures of Big Ben and other attractions

Live streaming video below. Police are now treating the knife attack as an act of terrorism.

https://youtu.be/2bk1893WYIY

[Hondaracer]

Probably a European Christian group responsible!

[originalhypa]

Firearm violence in the UK is rare because of their strict gun laws. But this is the second attack on parliamentarians using firearms in the last year.

Crazy!!

[iwantaskyline]

Firearm violence in the UK is rare because of their strict gun laws. But this is the second attack on parliamentarians using firearms in the last year.

Crazy!!

From all news sources I've read the only shots fired were by police officers.

[Manic!]

Probably a European Christian group responsible!

Are you talking about the IRA/ Real IRA

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

[nsmb]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7iWCJ4VYAAXyBo.jpg

SeemsGood

[StylinRed]

Probably a European Christian group responsible!

Or u know... Just a lone nutjob

[6o4__boi]

waiting for the Donald's expert twitter analysis of the situation

[Hondaracer]

Are you talking about the IRA/ Real IRA

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

https://media.giphy.com/media/l14qxlCgJ0zUk/giphy.gif

[Manic!]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7iWCJ4VYAAXyBo.jpg

SeemsGood

And in America

http://rackjite.com/wp-content/uploads/rr82914xx.jpg

http://www.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/usgunschannel1.jpg

[Bouncing Bettys]

lol Channel 4 confirming and then unconfirming Abu Izzadeen the attacker - he's in jail atm.

[Hondaracer]

pic of potential suspect:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nintchdbpict000310785262-e1490202632375.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100

[Manic!]

pic of potential suspect:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nintchdbpict000310785262-e1490202632375.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100

Looks like Abu Izzadeen

http://images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/1/photos/844000/620x/17844.jpg

[Sid Vicious]

looks like dj khaled finally snapped

[6o4__boi]

another one

[CivicBlues]

Abu Izzadeen is a British citizen born on 18 April 1975 in Hackney, east London, to a family originally from Jamaica. Brooks converted to Islam the day before he turned 18, on 17 April 1993, changing his name to Omar, but preferring to be called Abu Izadeen. He is fluent in Arabic.

Better build that wall around Jamaica mon. No more ganja and rum for you batty boi!

[Hondaracer]

Better build that wall around Jamaica mon. No more ganja and rum for you batty boi!

i think this statement is more relevant to the discussion

Abu Izzadeen (Arabic: ابو عز الدين‎‎, Abū ‘Izz ad-Dīn, né Trevor Richard Brooks,[1] (born 18 April 1975), is a British spokesman for Al Ghurabaa, a British Muslim organisation banned under the Terrorism Act 2006 for the glorification of terrorism.[2] He was convicted on charges of terrorist fund-raising and inciting terrorism overseas on 17 April 2008,[3] and sentenced to four and a half years in jail. He was released in May 2009,[4] after serving three and a half years, including time on remand. In January 2016, he was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for breaching the Terrorism Act by leaving the UK illegally.[5]

it's not about islam..except when it is..every time..

[underscore]

While any loss of life is tragic, is anyone else tired of everybody panicking about the "threat" of terrorism when in reality terrorist attacks almost always have very low casualty counts? I know the goal tends to be to cause fear, but the fear is blown so massively out of proportion compared to the actual risk.

[Manic!]

4 people get shot in Europe it's a huge event. 4 people get shot in America it's just your average day in a city in America.

[Carl Johnson]

While any loss of life is tragic, is anyone else tired of everybody panicking about the "threat" of terrorism when in reality terrorist attacks almost always have very low casualty counts? I know the goal tends to be to cause fear, but the fear is blown so massively out of proportion compared to the actual risk.

I think it's pretty sad for you to downplay this incident when lives were lost. and how is terrorism fear blown out of proportion? the threat is absolutely real and it does not need quotation marks around it. If this is indeed a terrorist attack, and it looks like it is, then the fear is totally legit and needs to taken seriously.

this is an attack near British Parliament for crying out loud. This is an attack not only on Britain but an attack on Western society and civilization on the whole. And it has been going on for awhile. Europe is in a fucking chaos at the moment with all the different groups of people. BREXIT couldn't come fast enough to stop this carnage.

Canada needs to do a much better job in vetting what kind of people we are taking it, or simply halt the refugee program altogether and figure out what that hell is going on.

[iwantaskyline]

I think it's pretty sad for you to downplay this incident when lives were lost. and how is terrorism fear blown out of proportion? the threat is absolutely real and it does not need quotation marks around it. If this is indeed a terrorist attack, and it looks like it is, then the fear is totally legit and needs to taken seriously.

this is an attack near British Parliament for crying out loud. This is an attack not only on Britain but an attack on Western society and civilization on the whole. And it has been going on for awhile. Europe is in a fucking chaos at the moment with all the different groups of people. BREXIT couldn't come fast enough to stop this carnage.

Canada needs to do a much better job in vetting what kind of people we are taking it, or simply halt the refugee program altogether and figure out what that hell is going on.

The guy is British born who's family immigrated from Jamaica a former British colony.

People in Toronto must be scared for their lives with the large Jamaican population! /s

[6o4__boi]

This is an attack not only on Britain but an attack on Western society and civilization on the whole.

https://media.giphy.com/media/ToMjGpjpXMFPshSYGLm/giphy.gif

[Bouncing Bettys]

The guy is British born who's family immigrated from Jamaica a former British colony.

People in Toronto must be scared for their lives with the large Jamaican population! /s

Journalist Tim Pool has an interesting series on immigrants in Sweden and the no-go zones.

Essentially, he found some of these acts were not being committed by immigrants, but their first gen children. He believes these children weren't raised with the benefit of having a cultural identity, neither from their parent's home country, or in the country they grew up in. They are impressionable outsiders and just the perfect target for gangs or terrorism.

[Sid Vicious]

The guy is British born who's family immigrated from Jamaica a former British colony.

People in Toronto must be scared for their lives with the large Jamaican population! /s

i don't see why anyone who criticizes religion and ideology is always accused of racism. most people are against a violent and repressive religion that has no place in western civilization. most people don't care about the race of the person who believes in it.

you'd be a fool not to acknowledge how big a problem religious and ideology assholery is becoming

Belgium?s Molenbeek home to 51 groups with terror links: report ? POLITICO (http://www.politico.eu/article/belgiums-molenbeek-home-to-51-groups-with-terror-links-report/)

[Hondaracer]

i don't see why anyone who criticizes religion and ideology is always accused of racism.

you'd be a fool not to acknowledge how big a problem religious and ideology assholery is becoming

Belgium?s Molenbeek home to 51 groups with terror links: report ? POLITICO (http://www.politico.eu/article/belgiums-molenbeek-home-to-51-groups-with-terror-links-report/)

http://www.edmoholics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sayhearspeak.jpg

The problem doesn't exist if you don't acknowledge it

[fsy82]

It's sad that people have died and I'm 100% against this kind of violence but really what do you expect when you destroy middle eastern countries and side with the US in such matters.

To the people who will fail and hate on my remarks, ask yourself one thing. What prompted this act of violence?

If you were watching the live stream in the morning they had a guest on who asked the same questions I just did. It was quite interesting listening to him say that if you go in and destroy LIbya as they have done do you not open yourself up to attack?

[320icar]

What prompted this act of violence?


RELIGION!!! AS ALWAYS!!!.i am a white atheist male. I have nothing against religion and I just choose to not partake. But I will never understand how people believe in religion and shit.

Believe in science for gods sake!


...lol

[iwantaskyline]

i don't see why anyone who criticizes religion and ideology is always accused of racism.

you'd be a fool not to acknowledge how big a problem religious and ideology assholery is becoming

Belgium?s Molenbeek home to 51 groups with terror links: report ? POLITICO (http://www.politico.eu/article/belgiums-molenbeek-home-to-51-groups-with-terror-links-report/)

Uh did you even read his post? He didn't mention religion at all but he did talk at length about Brexit as if it would have prevented this incident. FailFish

Yeah Brexit would have totally prevented Jamaicans (part of the British Empire for a long time) from entering Britain. /s

Religion has been a big problem throughout human history. It's just a lot more publicized in this day and age.

[iwantaskyline]

Journalist Tim Pool has an interesting series on immigrants in Sweden and the no-go zones.

Essentially, he found some of these acts were not being committed by immigrants, but their first gen children. He believes these children weren't raised with the benefit of having a cultural identity, neither from their parent's home country, or in the country they grew up in. They are impressionable outsiders and just the perfect target for gangs or terrorism.

Oh you're talking about the great Vice Media full of journalistic integrity! Kappa

Sweden's perfectly fine. Go research Swedish media sources yourself. Inb4 someone brings up rape stats (any sexual assault in Sweden is considered rape)

[GS8]

I just think it's hilarious how people still believe that Islam is a race...

Also, if you drill a fear driven narrative into people's heads, they will be fearful regardless of what scientific facts there are.

I mean look at planes. Media loves to talk about plane crashes where we start to believe they're very common when in reality, there's typically one crash per 1.2 million flights or much higher. The Economist said 1 in 5 million flights.

It's very easy to control masses of people. You just need an institution be it a church / mosque, school, media etc.

[donk.]

I came into this thread with srs face expression, im leaving laughing.
Thanks

[underscore]

I think it's pretty sad for you to downplay this incident when lives were lost. and how is terrorism fear blown out of proportion? the threat is absolutely real and it does not need quotation marks around it. If this is indeed a terrorist attack, and it looks like it is, then the fear is totally legit and needs to taken seriously.

The threat may be real, but people have been scared into thinking it's causing a much higher number of fatalities than it really is. Two people have been killed by terrorism in Britain today, and that is unfortunate, but it's a minuscule number compared to the total number of people who die in the country every single day.

Since 1928, in the US there have only been 3 terrorist attacks that killed more than 17 people. The Oklahoma bombings, the World Trade Center attacks, and the Orlando nightclub shooting the only events with more. In that time just how many people do you think have died in other ways that people aren't in a huge panic about?

this is an attack near British Parliament for crying out loud. This is an attack not only on Britain but an attack on Western society and civilization on the whole. And it has been going on for awhile. Europe is in a fucking chaos at the moment with all the different groups of people. BREXIT couldn't come fast enough to stop this carnage.

How is one person being off their rocker an attack on civilization as a whole? And what does BREXIT have to do with anything? According to early accounts the guy had been a UK citizen for years.

Canada needs to do a much better job in vetting what kind of people we are taking it, or simply halt the refugee program altogether and figure out what that hell is going on.

What does this have to do with refugees in Canada? Because one person killed two people halfway around the world, you want to leave thousands of innocent people in warzones?

I mean look at planes. Media loves to talk about plane crashes where we start to believe they're very common when in reality, there's typically one crash per 1.2 million flights or much higher. The Economist said 1 in 5 million flights.

I still get pissed off every time I go to fly in the US and I have to take off my shoes and belt and go in that stupid scanner. All because a couple of people are nut cases and everyone else is too busy being scared of things that won't kill them and ignoring things that actually can.

[Tegra_Devil]

I just think it's hilarious how people still believe that Islam is a race...

Also, if you drill a fear driven narrative into people's heads, they will be fearful regardless of what scientific facts there are.

I mean look at planes. Media loves to talk about plane crashes where we start to believe they're very common when in reality, there's typically one crash per 1.2 million flights or much higher. The Economist said 1 in 5 million flights.

It's very easy to control masses of people. You just need an institution be it a church / mosque, school, media etc.


There are approx 38 million 'scheduled' flights a year. Expect 6-7 commercial crashes a year......live in fear everyone...you could be next!!!

[Manic!]

There are approx 38 million 'scheduled' flights a year. Expect 6-7 commercial crashes a year......live in fear everyone...you could be next!!!

Shit maybe I should cancel my trip to Europe?

[The_Situation]

Shit maybe I should cancel my trip to Europe?

I wouldn't be worrying about the plane ride there. I would be worrying about the refugees once you land there.

[Manic!]

I wouldn't be worrying about the plane ride there. I would be worrying about the refugees once you land there.

I hear that only affects white people. So I'm good.

[pastarocket]

ISIS takes responsibility for the terrorist attack in London.

ISIS takes responsibility for London attack, suspect not identified - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/03/23/isis-responsibility-london-attack-suspect/)

The Islamic State group says the attack outside the British Parliament buildings in London was carried out by one of its “soldiers.”

The ISIS-linked Aamaq news agency claims the person who carried out the “attack in front of the British Parliament in London was a soldier of the Islamic State.” It added that the person “carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting citizens of the coalition.”

ISIS has called on its supporters to carry out attacks against citizens of the US-led coalition that has been targeting the group since 2014.

The group, which has been responsible for numerous bloody attacks around the globe, have also previously claimed certain attacks in a show of opportunism. Britain’s government has said the suspect was born in Britain and is asking the local media not to publish his name.

Prime Minister Theresa May did confirm the suspect had been investigated by MI-5 for extremist views in the past. Meantime, eight people have been taken into custody following overnight raids possibly linked to this attack.

[fliptuner]

London attacker named as Khalid Masood | Metro News (http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/23/london-attacker-named-as-khalid-masood-6528390/)

[CivicBlues]

So I guess all that Jamaican guy talk was just a red herring cause the actual assailant looked like him?

[Sid Vicious]

Man arrested after speeding car toward shoppers in Antwerp, Belgium - The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/belgium-raises-antwerp-security-after-man-speeds-toward-shopping-area-in-car/article34394767/)


hmmm so i guess there's no issue, just a coincidence right?

[Manic!]

Wisconsin shootings: Police officer, 3 others killed - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/us/wisconsin-four-killed/)

[The_Situation]

"The lighting system on the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris went dark at midnight local time in solidarity with the victims of the Westminster attack in London earlier in the day."

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201703231051867344-eiffel-tower-goes-dark-solidarity/

Bless you Eiffle Tower

[The_AK]

I've already changed my facebook profile pic to the Queen of England to show my support

[yray]

^http://cdn3.historyextra.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/623px_wide/queen%20vic%20old%204.jpg

[mikemhg]

Terrorism will always be an issue, it's not going away. We need to be measured and reasonable with our response, I am not placating at all is Islamism, but rather a sense of common sense and rationale.

Get used to it, this is the world we now live in.

[nsmb]

Or u know... Just a lone nutjob

lone nutjob confirmed! LUL


Police have arrested eight people in connection with Westminster terror incident


London attack: Police have arrested eight people in connection with Westminster terror incident | The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-attack-latest-met-police-seven-people-arrested-westminster-parliament-terror-islamist-a7644946.html)