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Terrorist Attack in Manchester (Read MOD WARNING in OP Updated 24/05/2017))

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  • #272
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Jobs OXO wrote: »
    I wouldn't say that. I think most right thinking people would look for the truth and not try and cover up for islamist terror groups.

    I think most right-thinking people are too concerned with the fact that children have almost certainly been killed to use it as a political football, tbh.


  • #273
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Stheno wrote: »
    For the love of whatever let the emergency services deal with it


    Im merely responding to posts saying that reports say 20 are dead.


  • #274
    Bandage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭Bandage


    smelly sock wrote: »
    No reports yet in any legit news sites re the number of fatalities.

    NBC are reporting at least 20 fatalities but UK news sources haven't yet mentioned this.


  • #275
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    eeguy wrote: »
    And what's their source?
    Ridiculous that anyone can post what they want o Twitter and the news reports it like a fact.

    The co-founder of Twitter said this week that he feels the internet is broken.

    Pointing to things like this.

    Absolutely no consequences for people spreading fake news, rumours, conspiracy theories and stating they are facts.

    This may very well turn out to be terrorism.

    But it helps nobody to immediately state it as fact when it's just guesswork and people with an agenda.


  • #276
    snor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭snor


    Was at the AG concert in Dublin Last week with my teenager. Full of teens and their reluctant parents. Feel very sick tonight.


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  • #277
    fullstop
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    Free-2-Flow wrote: »
    The protocols that have been enacted are the protocols for a terrorist incident

    Are you just gonna keep posting that? And how are you so familiar with these protocols?


  • #278
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    Some of the posters here are so bizarre. "Nothing to see here"
    "Hope everything turns out ok"
    "Could be balloons"

    There isn't even a need to call a spade a spade here. When an explosion occurs in a confined area crowded with people as they egress an arena, one really shouldn't clutch at straws in this day and age.

    Spare a thought for the victims, their families, the first responders now putting their lives on the line! The bravery of everyone working together in Manchester tonight. The great taxi drivers getting people home safe amidst terror.

    Channel your energies towards supporting people tonight instead of disrespectfully denying what just happened!


  • #279
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Arghus wrote: »
    Some people on here are licking their lips at the prospect of it being a deliberate attack.

    Be honest, you are.

    Clearly a lot of them on this thread
    and have the nerve to pretend like they give a SINGLE **** about the victims


  • #280
    Danzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,066 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Report from a journalist that 23 currently dead, half under 18, he has a proven track record, not that that makes him correct.


  • #281
    Jobs OXO
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    Arghus wrote: »
    There's looking for the truth and there's jumping to conclusions.

    Yes like those still blaming balloons you mean ?


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  • #282
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,663 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Arghus wrote: »
    Some people on here are licking their lips at the prospect of it being a deliberate attack.

    Be honest, you are.

    I don't think they are. It's called being realistic. I mean, blaming balloons and speakers rather than considering the possibility it was a deliberate act is bizarre


  • #283
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,688 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Some of the posters here are so bizarre. "Nothing to see here"
    "Hope everything turns out ok"
    "Could be balloons"

    There isn't even a need to call a spade a spade here. When an explosion occurs in a confined area crowded with people as they egress an arena, one really shouldn't clutch at straws in this day and age.

    Spare a thought for the victims, their families, the first responders now putting their lives on the line! The bravery of everyone working together in Manchester tonight. The great taxi drivers getting people home safe admit terror.

    Channel your energies towards supporting people tonight instead of disrespectfully denying what just happened!

    Fantastic post.

    Thank you

    If my mother tongue is shaking the foundations of your state, it probably means you built your state on my land.

    EVENFLOW



  • #284
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Clearly a lot of them on this thread
    and have the nerve to pretend like they give a SINGLE **** about the victims


    So compassion cant exist anymore?


  • #285
    Hank Scorpio
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    RIP to the victims


  • #286
    AllForIt
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    I think if it was not a terrorist attack then it would have been called by now if only to allay ppl's fears.


  • #287
    OhHiMark
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    Gamebred wrote: »
    Lefty hippies probably hoping it wasnt islam again.

    Admit it, you've been delighted since this happened haven't you?


  • #288
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,489 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    I think the assumption that anyone is "happy" this attack happened is actually disgusting. I'm sorry but stfu. Nobody here is happy it happened, stop saying anyone is happy, children are likely dead, it's actually sick.


  • #289
    ThisRegard
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    Jobs OXO wrote: »
    Yes like those still blaming balloons you mean ?

    Nobodies blaming balloons at this point.

    Nor has anyone said nothing to see here.


  • #290
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Bandage wrote: »
    NBC are reporting at least 20 fatalities but UK news sources haven't yet mentioned this.


    I think they are being a bit more reserved to make sure there isnt a panic on people trying to get down to the arena. The News Companies have Terror Protocols from the police to try and follow.


  • #291
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    smelly sock wrote: »
    So compassion cant exist anymore?

    yeh so much compassion but only when it looks likely to have been an ISIS attack

    If there was concrete info right now that this was a gas explosion/pyrotecnics gone wrong this thread would be dead and buried before breakfast


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  • #292
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Anyone else find it weird how little information is coming out about this? As in, how big a blast was it, how many were injured / killed, are the rest of the patrons being safely evacuated, etc

    Usually it doesn't take this long for a clear picture to emerge, makes one wonder what the hell is going on in there.


  • #293
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Slate me for posting this but there's a few politicians who have blood on their hands tonight by supporting/endorsing certain manifestos. Not all countries have to go to war but some countries obviously choose to go to war because they think it's the done thing. Whether it's ISIS it's not known yet but it's obviously some organisation that may want to teach the UK a lesson.


  • #294
    [Deleted User]
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    NHS sources saying it was a nail gun. Nothing fully confirmed as of yet, but if the sources are credible then injuries they're seeing might be consistent with it.


  • #295
    TheChizler
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    I think if it was not a terrorist attack then it would have been called by now if only to allay ppl fears.

    I wouldn't expect to hear anything concrete until they've dealt with the immediate situation and cleared the area, what ever the cause is.


  • #296
    Strong Life in Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 487 ✭✭Strong Life in Dublin


    DontThankMe wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/PoliticalRising/status/866797489566777344

    Looks like it could be a pressure cooker bomb according to this tweet.

    Jesus that is terrible, she looks in an awful state and the people don't seem to know what to do or how to stop the bleeding.

    Does anyone know what the right thing would be to do in this situation? like how can you stop the bleeding


  • #297
    Duff
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    I find it a bit strange that no definitive details have been released yet and it happened two hours or so ago.


  • #298
    smelly sock
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    wakka12 wrote: »
    yeh so much compassion but only when it looks likely to have been an ISIS attack

    I think you are being a bit unfair.

    Regardless of the cause the loss of life is horrendous.

    I think most people are praying its not a deliberate act at this point.


  • #299
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    I think the assumption that anyone is "happy" this attack happened is actually disgusting. I'm sorry but stfu. Nobody here is happy it happened, stop saying anyone is happy, children are dead it's actually sick.

    Whether people are "happy" or not that it happened, there is an inescapable feeling that they hope that it was carried out by a fellow human being.


  • #300
    Arghus
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    Jobs OXO wrote: »
    Yes like those still blaming balloons you mean ?

    If you're trying to say that none of us currently posess the facts, then yes.


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  • #301
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Reports would have come in "explosion, public area, number of casualties", terrorism response plan would be normal enough response, doesn't mean it was terrorism. In the first few minutes when facts are scarce, the police don't sit and wait to get all the facts, they plan for the worst.


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