Current Affairs Stabbing incident in Southport

[Nymzee]

People who hurt kids don't survive too long in jail.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Statement on Merseyside Police website says 'born in Cardiff'. Wonder if thats to try and dampen the unfounded rumours

https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/july/statement-from-chief-constable-serena-kennedy-following-major-incident-in-southport/

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Depends where you draw the line between the two. It's a massive spectrum.

What causes people to be "scum" or "evil"? Is it built in to people?

This, really. Mental health issues explain pretty much every atrocity like this, but of course it never excuses them. The lad almost certainly needs a great deal of help, but he also needs banging up for the rest of his days.

 

[LostLegend]

https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/july/statement-from-chief-constable-serena-kennedy-following-major-incident-in-southport/

"A 17-year-old male from Banks in Lancashire, who was born in Cardiff, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and has been taken to a police station where he will be interviewed by detectives."

 

[grandjoeblue]

Statement on Merseyside Police website says 'born in Cardiff'. Wonder if thats to try and dampen the unfounded rumours

https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/july/statement-from-chief-constable-serena-kennedy-following-major-incident-in-southport/

They should have made that clearer in the press conference to stop rumours.

 

[supertoffee98]

Could mean anything though..

Did they say 'originally from', or 'came from'?

Judge someone by their actions not by their race or God

 

[Nymzee]

They should have made that clearer in the press conference to stop rumours.

What are the rumours? (Been out all eve)

 

[Armchair Blue]

2 kids killed, 6 critically ill, 3 further injured. Two adults also injured critically.

edit: attacker born in Cardiff, but no mention of ethnicity

Born in Cardiff?got a link to that?

 

[LostLegend]

They should have made that clearer in the press conference to stop rumours.

I would guess they need to make sure their info is 100% correct before making a statement.
It is a valid point though.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

What are the rumours? (Been out all eve)

Horrible racist stuff, he came over on a boat, muslim etc. Twitter trending with all the gammons telling the country to stand up and riot and get the brown skinned people out of the country. Tossers.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Born in Cardiff?got a link to that?

The official police statement alright for you?

 

[LostLegend]

What are the rumours? (Been out all eve)

Some foreign news outlets have named the person and claimed he arrived to the UK on a boat last year amongst other things.

Turns out that may not be true.

 

[LostLegend]

Born in Cardiff?got a link to that?

https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/july/statement-from-chief-constable-serena-kennedy-following-major-incident-in-southport/

"A 17-year-old male from Banks in Lancashire, who was born in Cardiff, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and has been taken to a police station where he will be interviewed by detectives."

Official police statement.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Some foreign news outlets have named the person and claimed he arrived to the UK on a boat last year amongst other things.

Turns out that may not be true.

Which news outlets? Are they actually legit?

I checked a few via VPN and everything I saw from established outlets was pretty much recycling UK news content.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

They should have made that clearer in the press conference to stop rumours.

They shouldn’t have to tbh