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The Guardian reports:
At least 19 people were killed and more than 50 injured after an explosion in the foyer area of a crowded Manchester concert hall, which left hundreds of people fleeing in terror. [...] Police said they were dealing with a possible terror incident and counter-terrorism officials were assessing what caused the explosion. Investigators from the police and the domestic security service MI5 were part of the investigation.
Greater Manchester Police statement:
I can confirm the details of events tonight that we currently know. At around 10.33pm last night we received reports of an explosion at the Manchester Arena in the city centre. It was at the conclusion of an Ariana Grande concert.
Currently we have 19 people confirmed to have died and around 50 people injured.
The injured are being treated at six hospitals across Greater Manchester. My thoughts are with all those who have been affected and we are doing all we can to support them.
[...] We are currently treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise. We are working closely with the national counter-terrorism policing network and UK intelligence partners.
Unnamed sources, who have not been directly quoted are widely reported as suspecting this incident was a suicide bombing.
Multiple senior U.S. law enforcement officials briefed by British authorities told NBC News that forensic evidence at the scene — including a body found at the blast site — indicated a suicide attack. British and U.S. law enforcement officials said they believed they had tentatively identified the bomber.
U.S. officials said initial reports indicated that some of the casualties might have been caused by a stampede of concert-goers.
Sky News reports:
Officers carried out a controlled explosion at nearby Cathedral Gardens shortly after 1.30am, but have since confirmed the item they found was abandoned clothing and not suspicious.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @03:42AM (5 children)
We won't have these base instincts after the Singularity.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by idiot_king on Tuesday May 23 2017, @04:46AM (4 children)
Most incoherence of your post aside, a lot of these modern terror attacks come from self-radicalized individuals performing acts of violence because they see it as furthering a cause that they primarily either interpret as vengeance for transgressions they cannot control or to make a statement about their radical views. Notably Dylan Roof and Adam Lanza come to mind with attacks like these.
Now the Trumpen SS will try, unsurprisingly, to somehow spin this as an "Islamic" terror attack. But those who have studied Islam know much, much better about the nature of violence in Islam and when, if at all, it is justified, especially in unprovoked scenarios.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @05:08AM
Of course, no true Muslim! It's just coincidence. ;-)
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @06:29AM (1 child)
It's a Muslim command to kill anyone that is not a Muslim. Get with the news. Those that don't subscribe to that don't follow their Quran properly. And so they will always slide towards that.
"Religion of peace" is bullshit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @03:49AM
Many of them don't read it or understand it and there's a long tradition of leaving it to their "betters" to tell them what to do.
Of the minority that read it, many are in denial so if stuff looks bad or makes them too uncomfortable they'd go back to leaving it to their betters and stop reading. Or they'll start cherry picking.
The rest? What they read suits them and they embrace the evil bits in their religion. Some become leaders and then they tell the others what to do.
Many like to claim it's the same with other religions but that's not true. If more Christians really followed Jesus's supposed example and teachings there would be more Christians _dying_ to save others (especially adult non-Christians who'd supposedly end up in hell if they die). If more Buddhists really followed the examples of various Buddhas they'd all be sitting about teaching others about peace etc. Whereas if more Muslims really followed Muhammad's example and teachings there would be more Muslims warring against and subjugating non-Muslims. The issue is Muhammad is no longer around to be the definitive interpreter of Islam. And it doesn't take much to get different groups of Muslims with different interpretations to fight each other. They just have to call each other traitors to their religion and the popular punishment for that is death...
Take this guy for example: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/122176/Egypt/Politics-/AlAzhar-head-says-IS-murderers-deserve-to-be-kille.aspx [ahram.org.eg]
He's considered a top religious leader by very many Muslims. But from his words there really isn't a huge difference between him and the ISIS. They agree on the methods and "org culture" they just disagree on who is top and who gets killed.
Suppose he succeeds in getting his barbaric stuff done to the ISIS for their barbaric acts, then the ISIS can issue similar statements to get their barbaric stuff done to his team for their barbarism ;).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 23 2017, @02:33PM
How many Ways are there in Islam? And, how many are accepting of the Way of Death? Everyone is required to perform jihad, aren't they? My Way may be different from your Way, but we are all supposed to be jihadists, right? https://edwardcline.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-complete-way-of-death.html [blogspot.com]
FYI, DAESH has taken ownership of this new terror act. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/manchester-arena-terror-attack-ariana-13076165 [coventrytelegraph.net]