'Van hits pedestrians' on London Bridge in 'major incident'

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ucfengr said:
Have they discussed a possible motive? Like Trump pulling out of the Paris Accords? I just hope we don’t see an anti-Muslim back lash.
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I really hope you are just socially inept…

It seems go be patterned after the Westminster incident a few months back…hopefully, there WILL be an anti-terrorist backlash. I really did not find the cold chill I got hearing about this attack in any way pleasant!
 
I hate to be a crepe hanger, but you do realise this is going to happen again, and again.
 
I’ve heard that a pregnant woman was among the casualties on the bridge. She was severely injured and the witness did not know if she survived.
 
The Sun is claiming 7 people have died. All kinds of Twitter rumors spreading.
 
I feel we need to respond with our military to help our ally. This needs a swift violent response to anything that is considered ISIS. Ill let the military decide the targets. After all, isn’t it if you attack one you attack us all, or something like that? This can’t become routine
 
RT have just reported live that police have shot 2 of the terrorists dead.
 
theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/jun/03/london-bridge-closed-after-serious-police-incident-live
**My colleague Chris Johnston is at the scene and has been speaking to eye-witnesses:
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Gerard Vowls, 47, had been watching the Champions League final at the Ship pub in Borough. He was at the start of the south side of London Bridge and saw a woman being stabbed by three men.
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“I want to know if this girl is still alive,” he said. “I’ve been walking around for an hour and a half crying my eyes out. I don’t know what to do.”
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Vowls said he was throwing chairs, glasses and bottles at the attackers in a bid to stop them. “They kept coming to try to stab me … they were stabbing everyone. Evil, evil people.”
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It took at least 10 minutes for armed police to reach the scene, he added.**
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I literally can’t bear to even read these accounts, they are so distressing! I can’t even begin to imagine what people endured or witnessed.
 
ucfengr said:
Have they discussed a possible motive? Like Trump pulling out of the Paris Accords? I just hope we don’t see an anti-Muslim back lash.
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This is just sick, insensitive, uncharitable and uncalled for!!! I mean really, have you no shame?
 
Michael68 said:
This is just sick, insensitive, uncharitable and uncalled for!!! I mean really, have you no shame?
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And it’s what prominent pols and personalities will be calling for tomorrow. I’m just, sadly, ahead of the curve.

freebeacon.com/national-security/abc-news-worried-potential-anti-islamic-backlash-manchester-terror-attack/
ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos told network correspondent Martha Raddatz hours after the attack on “Good Morning America” that it would most likely spark anti-Islamic sentiment across the United Kingdom and Europe.
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“This is also likely to inflame anti-Islamic sentiment across Britain, across Europe,” Stephanopoulos said.
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Raddatz agreed and described how the attack would create a backlash against Muslims.
“It sure could, George. Manchester itself is a very multicultural city. There’s a large Muslim population with many there for generations,” Raddatz said. “So headscarfs attract little attention there. And notably, Manchester did not vote in favor of Brexit. But an attack like this, as you said, is much bigger than Manchester itself and will likely create backlash, depending on the details of this attack.”
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