Nottingham

[securespark]

What a dreadful thing.

Just heard from my lad and he's fine, but 6 others are not.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

What a dreadful thing.

Just heard from my lad and he's fine, but 6 others are not.

Happy he's fine.
Does he know who's been hurt?

 

[securespark]

I don't know yet.

The two students murdered were attending Nottingham Uni, whereas he is at Trent. He could still know them but I haven't found out yet because as far as I'm aware, nobody has been named.

 

[securespark]

I almost feel guilty, as the relief I feel that he is fine is quickly replaced by the awful feeling that at least 3 families have been ripped apart and things will never be the same again for them.

 

[Deleted member 221031]

It’s human nature to feel like that mate. None of us can imagine what you’re all going through.

 

[Notch7]

What a dreadful thing.

Just heard from my lad and he's fine, but 6 others are not.

Glad to hear your lads fine….. those few minutes when you can’t rule things out is a horrible feeliNo.

My niece lives in Crawley Down, and a few years back I heard a guy had gone mad and killed 2 people….luckily my niece wasn’t around at that time. It turned out the guy killed his girlfriend who was a teacher at the school in my village: I walk past the school everyday on my dog walk, it’s just a few hundred metres from my house.

 

[motorbiking]

Terrible waste of life

Nottingham: Students among three killed in knife and van attacks

Two teenagers and a man in his 50s were fatally stabbed on Tuesday, before three were hit by a van.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dork Lard]

"The suspect, 31, is believed to be a migrant of West African origin."

"Reporting from the scene, the BBC's Daniel Sandford says he understands the suspect has a history of mental health issues."

 

[cwhaley]

Our cleaner at work was one struck on Milton Street, currently in hospital recovering with bone fractures.

Can't comment on anything about the attacker as we know so little. I have worked in Nottingham nearly all my working life though, and I've seen it undergo some big social changes.

 

[Munroast]

"The suspect, 31, is believed to be a migrant of West African origin."

"Reporting from the scene, the BBC's Daniel Sandford says he understands the suspect has a history of mental health issues."

did he arrive on a RNLI ferry ?

nothing unusual in claiming mental health issues theses days, seems to be an excuse for about anything.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

did he arrive on a RNLI ferry ?

nothing unusual in claiming mental health issues theses days, seems to be an excuse for about anything.

People who put their butts in the air several times a day and wail for an unseen being have problems, without doubt. We're admitting millions of people who we know nothing about. Expect more murder and mayhem. We've been sold down the river.

 

[crystal ball]

People who put their butts in the air several times a day and wail for an unseen being have problems, without doubt. We're admitting millions of people who we know nothing about. Expect more murder and mayhem. We've been sold down the river.

Ever seen a crowd of catholics at a holy shrine kissing a slab of wood

 

[Mottie]

"The suspect, 31, is believed to be a migrant of West African origin."

"Reporting from the scene, the BBC's Daniel Sandford says he understands the suspect has a history of mental health issues."

You must have special privileges on here. My post earlier pondering the origin and immigration status (if any) of the attacker has been removed.

 

[Dork Lard]

His ethnicity or citizenship status are irrelevant. His mental health history is.

I hope this isn't going to turn out that there were lots of missed opportunity's to prevent this happening . . . . .

 

[diy_fun_uk]

His ethnicity or citizenship status are irrelevant. His mental health history is.

I hope this isn't going to turn out that there were lots of missed opportunity's to prevent this happening . . . . .

Unfortunately (or not depending on someone's views) this is very relevant to some, and will of course be jumped on by some areas of the media. What might not be referred to as much is one of the victims having a brown (some would say foreign) father who was awarded an MBE for saving the lives of three teenagers. Should he be turfed out the country as well?

However, one thing I do agree with others on is this. When it comes to those entering the country on small boats, it's accurate to say we know very little if anything about most of them. And the law of averages tells us at least some of them will to varying degrees be undesirable and people we don't necessarily want here.

Which is why the government needs to get to grips with the small boat situation. But hey ho, there's a lot of talk and very little action around that.