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

_Kaiser_ · 23-05-2017 12:57AM

FFS.. people dead, lots missing, and panic in Manchester and yet we have the same old nonsense on boards.ie with elements from "both sides" trying to score points against the other! :rolleyes:

RIP to the victims here... whatever turns out to be the cause.

murpho999 · 23-05-2017 12:58AM

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Sky news are horrible at reporing issies like this... talking live to witnesses at the seen.

How many explosions did you hear? (Fair question)
And where was the explosion? (Fair question)

Oh the ticket hall and after the explosion there did you have to walk through there?... ie did you see guts and dead people and tell me if you did...

No that's you you twisting it.

I don't like Sky and their coverage but I think it's a fair question in this case.

prinzeugen · 23-05-2017 12:59AM

KKkitty wrote: »

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.

It has nothing to do with the UK or its policies!

These people hate the western way of life and will do anything to destroy or disrupt it.

Country does not matter. ALL western countries are at risk, Ireland included.

wonderfullife · 23-05-2017 12:59AM

Jobs OXO wrote: »

So you think it still might be the balloons ?

Who gives a flying fcuk if it was balloons, a gas explosion or a terrorist attack?

Many people are dead and the chances are most of them were teenage girls.

Can you not save the political point-scoring for another day ffs? If it was an Islamic Terrorist you'll have plenty of time to slate Islam later.

Knex* · 23-05-2017 01:00AM

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

Where did you see that?

Following the main thread on reddit, plus the live feed. Definitely some scepticism to be had as some false reports, such as the gunman outside Oldham Hospital, have been fake.

Main thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/6cqdye/manchester_arena_explosions_two_loud_bangs_heard/?sort=new

Live Feed: https://www.reddit.com/live/yz4k8674h837

Phoenix Wright · 23-05-2017 01:01AM

Can both sides of the potential terrorist attack debate give it a rest, please? There is no point arguing and all concerns should be directed towards the victims and their poor families.

GT_TDI_150 · 23-05-2017 01:01AM

murpho999 wrote: »

No that's you you twisting it.

I don't like Sky and their coverage but I think it's a fair question in this case.

Come on. They are fishing for detail. Simple as .

23-05-2017 01:01AM

Reports of gunman supposedly false, according to the Reddit livethread.

Copper_pipe · 23-05-2017 01:01AM

https://twitter.com/bbcradiomanc/status/866805544589418496

Trond · 23-05-2017 01:01AM

CNN seem to have more content than sky but again its all still unconfirmed. Some of stories on twitter are shocking. :-(

captbarnacles · 23-05-2017 01:02AM

Christ just saw this. I feel sick. Those poor people

wakka12 · 23-05-2017 01:02AM

Knex. wrote: »

Following the main thread on reddit, plus the live feed. Definitely some scepticism to be had as some false reports, such as the gunman outside Oldham Hospital, have been fake.

Main thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/6cqdye/manchester_arena_explosions_two_loud_bangs_heard/?sort=new

Live Feed: https://www.reddit.com/live/yz4k8674h837

I cant for the life of me understand what would motivate somebody to post something fake like that theres a gunman outside the hospital theyre in
Like is it just for attention??
Baffling

murpho999 · 23-05-2017 01:02AM

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Come on. They are fishing for detail. Simple as .

Yes, isn't that the idea of all questions?

Trond · 23-05-2017 01:04AM

CPTM wrote: »

Yes, in Oldham hospital apparently. The place is under lockdown.

Local council have just denied those reports

wonderfullife · 23-05-2017 01:05AM

CPTM wrote: »

Yes, in Oldham hospital apparently. The place is under lockdown.

yeah

https://twitter.com/_PasDeNom/status/866802661420658688

GT_TDI_150 · 23-05-2017 01:05AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Yes, isn't that the idea of all questions?

Some questions yes.

The only point of asking someone if they had to walk through the site of the explosion is to get details on the damage /carnage caused

23-05-2017 01:05AM

Any news on the number of casualties and fatalities? Was driving through Munster after a removal and news stations just had "we can report fatalities" with no indication of numbers.

smelly sock · 23-05-2017 01:06AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Any news on the number of casualties and fatalities? Was driving through Munster after a removal and news stations just had "we can report fatalities" with no indication of numbers.

Nothing.

Hank Scorpio · 23-05-2017 01:06AM

If it is terrorism, it just adds to the massive increase in attacks over the past 2 years. It's getting worse.

At what point does it have to get to, to realise that letting in all these people has been the most idiotic thing Europe has ever done. It's not working, and it will never work. Multiculturalism is self destructive when people don't want to integrate. Western values just aren't compatible.

People will still defend the indefensible and spineless politically correct politicians who bent over backwards to accommodate these tragedies. Sadly I fear the seed has already been set.

Also WTF is with the people saying they suspect people of wishing it was Islam, people are dying, f?ck you and your stupid leftist values.

Edit: Fox reporting British police are reporting it as terrorism.

gitzy16v · 23-05-2017 01:06AM

wonderfullife wrote: »

yeah

https://twitter.com/_PasDeNom/status/866802661420658688

His twitter is false and yours is true?

yeah

endacl · 23-05-2017 01:06AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What is your problem? I mean that really and truly? There must be something seriously wrong with you to push your agenda and your sh1te in a thread that involves poor children being killed.

Why don't you go f*ck off and just go away. You're a parasite. You're nothing more than that. I couldn't give a toss about if this gets me banned or not. I'm attacking you, not the post. You're a parasite and a leech and nothing but an absolute and unabated abscess of a c*nt.

I most wholeheartedly second this sentiment.

TheChizler · 23-05-2017 01:06AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Any news on the number of casualties and fatalities? Was driving through Munster after a removal and news stations just had "we can report fatalities" with no indication of numbers.

Nothing from an official source.

Richard Hillman · 23-05-2017 01:07AM

https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/866806389104103429

Samuel T. Cogley · 23-05-2017 01:08AM

Interesting point re the first aid - it should probably be more widely taught. I grew up during quite an active period of the IRA (and of course the unionist side of things but where I lived it would have been an IRA attack) and it was the little things that have now 'returned to normal' that probably need to change again.

I remember not being allowed to put boxes under the tree in a shop I worked in as it would have been too easy to hide something there. Public bins being a rarity and absolutely non-existent at train-stations. Old cars always raised suspicions, unattended bags etc. It's weird the steps that have to be taken but wider awareness and first aid are certainly something that needs to be done.

A Battered Mars Bar · 23-05-2017 01:08AM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

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.

No not at all considering what appears to have happened. The bataclan attack, the truck attacks are very different to this and much easier to confirm when you've videos instantly online of people being shot and mown down.

This was a bomb and so happened in a split second and was over. Much more difficult to get a grasp of what happened. Cctv must be analysed etc. You can imagine it takes time. It sounds like it happened in a foyer or an exit point. There isn't exactly a news camera watching like at the end of a marathon race.

It shows the age we live in when people expect stuff like this to be confirmed within an hour.

23-05-2017 01:08AM

if in 2017 you dont think islamic terrorist attack immediately after hearing about something like this then congrats and hi 5 you're a wonderful person.

if you then log on to a message board in order to upbraid others based on your own undoubted moral superiority then i rescind that hi 5.

if/when it is confirmed as an islamic terrorist attack you will of course be chalking another loss up to your 'called it wrong on the internet' account and will no doubt be humbler in future, right?

if you have accused someone who does think that it is very likely to have been an islamic terrorist attack of wishing for it to be so, or taking glee in it, you are in fact an awful person. you should never receive a hi 5 again.

if on the other hand you do think islamic terrorist attack and think "what a wonderful opportunity to log on to boards and behave exactly like an islamic terrorist would hope for" then you also dont get any hi 5

twenty plus people dead and many more injured. insofar as there is any point to posting to a message board after this it surely has to be more than the usual poles of 'lets not offend any terrorists' vs 'i told you so theyre all savages' lads.

surely we can all be better than that?

23-05-2017 01:08AM

https://twitter.com/onthemedia/status/866806590837579777/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fliveupdate%2Fyz4k8674h837%2FLiveUpdate_d8455618-3f4b-11e7-9068-0e0a8e2af2d0%2F0

Very true.

23-05-2017 01:09AM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

If it is terrorism, it just adds to the massive increase in attacks over the past 2 years. It's getting worse.

At what point does it have to get to, to realise that letting in all these people has been the most idiotic thing Europe has ever done. It's not working, and it will never work. Multiculturalism is self destructive when people don't want to integrate. Western values just aren't compatible.

People will still defend the indefensible and spineless politically correct politicians who bent over backwards to accommodate these tragedies. Sadly I fear the seed has already been set.

Also WTF is with the people saying they suspect people of wishing it was Islam, people are dying, f?ck you and your stupid leftist values.

Edit: Fox reporting British police are reporting it as terrorism.

At least you got the RIP stuff out of the way first.

highgiant1985 · 23-05-2017 01:11AM

This popped up on my twitter feed,

BREAKING: US officials briefed on Manchester incident say UK officials suspect it was caused by suicide bomber -NBC

Source: https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/866806466937847809

Lone Stone · 23-05-2017 01:11AM

Wtf of all the targets they could blow some **** up they pick a former nickelodeon kids star, to target people's kids I'm fuming watching this on the news.

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