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Breaking: Vehicle Plows into Pedestrians in London
The first report from the BBC:
A vehicle has struck pedestrians “leaving a number of casualties” in north London, police said. One person has been arrested following the incident on Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park.
Officers were called at 12.20 BST and are at the scene with other emergency services, the Metropolitan Police said. A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We have sent a number of resources to an incident in Seven Sisters Road.”
Early reports indicate that the vehicle struck people leaving the Finsbury Park mosque, which has been implicated in several terror incidents. It remains to be seen if this an attack of retribution.
Update from the BBC (6:50 pm ET):
Published in GeneralThe Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said a van “intentionally” ran over worshippers. Many of the victims are believed to have just left evening prayers after breaking the Ramadan fast.
One eyewitness who lives in a flat on Seven Sisters Road told the BBC she saw people “shouting and screaming”.
“Everyone was shouting ‘a van’s hit people’.
“There was this white van stopped outside Finsbury Park Mosque that seems to have hit people who were coming out of the mosque after prayers finished.”
No. Please, no.
Cell phone shots on twitter show a clean shave white man with black hair.
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Abbreviated vulgarity is still vugarity. Ricochet style is to use bold for emphasis.Retribution? How interesting. Britain has been in the news quite a bit lately. Their coppers barely armed, the citizens not at all, they’ve a media that’s absolutely ridiculously apologetic toward Muslim misbehavior, leadership chaos (we know what that is), Brexit Remain brohaha. And the BBC! LOL what a politically correct leftist swill pot. I feel for them but I don’t. They have allowed this. I think [redacted]is past the party is Over. That was fast.
If not now, soon. Seems inevitable.
More and more, it seems that Mark Steyn’s predictions in his book ‘America Alone’ of violent conflict between Europeans and Islamic immigrants are coming true. I gather that Scott Adams book ‘The Religion Wars,’ also predicted the rise of an ISIS-type movement.
Oh great now we’ll have endure endless sanctimonious lectures about reprisals. After 20 years of warning they finally have an example of it happening …
Too early to tell if this is counter-terrorism, or yet another instance of internecine Islamic violence.
Counter-terrorism? You mean revenge murder?
You can speak the truth about Islamic terrorism without speaking apologetically toward non-Islamic terrorism.
The Regressive’s might call this kind of activity
” Islamic intramural s”
Whew! I know I’m relieved. Kinda like when the Boston Marathon bombing perps turned out to be white guys with dark hair. The leftists were so happy with that, for a little while anyway. Bummer how that worked out, eh?
I’m watching these bozos on tv now. “Oh no no no the guy was not drunk. He was a white terrorist!” Well–they oughta know…,
Who’s apologizing?
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personal attackJust posting the latest details as they come out mate,[redacted]
You, in the Greek sense.
Such is the ideology of white submissivism.
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Imputing motives nowhere in evidence.Hostility? Moi?
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My condolences and prayers for the victims and their families.
There are white Muslims, like from Turkey. There are even white American Muslims from Indiana. I’ve met one.
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Well, they posted a picture of the guy within minutes. When it’s a Muslim perp, it’s usually days, if ever, that we get to see what he looks like.
I remember about a year ago, I was sitting at poker table with friends, and debating gun control. (this is Canada, so our rights have been long gone) I was explaining that a car – is more dangerous than a hand gun. Nobody at the table would believe me – they either thought – and some said – I was either crazy or stupid.
Maybe next weekend – I’ll find them at the table again – and we can revisit the conversation.
Heavens no, don’t give them any ideas! Next thing you know they’ll take away your right to own a car…
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see above[redacted] The difference is, my comment was redacted by the editors for imputing without evidence whereas yours was not. I like the clarity.
This is so stupid. Ricochet needs to retire some of their moderators.
I was just told on another thread that I supported X because it made me feel good. Twice, I think. No moderator stepped in to moderate the comment(s).
If it’s true that the driver was screaming, “I’m going to kill all Muslims,” it’s not likely internecine Islamic violence.
Doesn’t sound like he’ll accomplish his goal, either.
More than a billion left, fellah. It’s gonna take you awhile at this rate and if you go and get arrested like that.
One way to avoid having Crazies do stuff like this would be to have police, intelligence, and military forces actually do something about Islamic militants before they attack. They all seem to be under surveillance–perhaps something more than surveillance could be tried? And isn’t incitement a crime—-maybe the preachers could be prosecuted for incitement or aiding and abetting.?
Keeping them under surveillance until they kill is unsatisfactory.
Islamic Terror is both killing us, and corrupting our governments and populaces.
Oh and how about we stop bringing in any more ?
Convicted conman Mark Townley. Mark Townley.JPG