Major incident Birmingham

[Josy]

Police have declared a major incident in Birmingham city centre after officers were called to reports of multiple stabbings

From Sky news

https://news.sky.com/story/major-incident-in-birmingham-city-centre-after-multiple-stabbings-police-say-12064897

[Ammi]

...:sad:...you kind of inhale and hold your breath until you hear more...some people’s Sunday is going to be so much different to their Saturday in such a terrible way...

[Vanessa]

Terrorist attack? :shocked:

[Ammi]

...’multiple stabbing someone...I hope for no life loss or serious injuries...

[Jessica.]

Not again :(

[caprimint]

Ugh this sucks :sad:

It's reminding me of the time when that guy went around Edmonton and stabbed like 5 random people at different times over a couple of days

[Vanessa]

It sounds like it was groups of people fighting.

[Ammi]

Terrorist attack? :shocked:

It sounds like it was groups of people fighting.

...I don’t know at this stage, Vanessa...but the police are urging to stay calm but vigilant....there have apparently also been reported gunshots heard but the police have said there are none reported...

[arista]

From Times Radio DAB
it's in the zone known as the Gay Village
of Birmingham.

[bots]

it sounds like it may have been rival gangs. Maybe some kind of turf war

[Oliver_W]

Allahu ackbar

or

Britain first

or

just some nutter

[UserSince2005]

Shocking. Has the second city been attacked by Islamists before?

[arista]

Police just confirmed
One dead and 7 injured.


With two seriously injured.


https://news.sky.com/story/one-dead-and-two-seriously-injured-after-multiple-stabbings-in-birmingham-city-centre-12065037

[arista]

Police Live Conference now on
the 2 News Channels.
Also LBC Radio.



Police are looking for one suspect.
It appears to be random, Not Gangs.

[Swan]

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[arista]

Yes Good Report, Swan
So he is Stone Cold Killer
still on the loose.

[Swan]

Yes Good Report, Swan
So he is Stone Cold Killer
still on the loose.

Yeah sounds like it.

[Saph]

thats scary, I've been to that area a couple of times before

[caprimint]

:clap1: @ that guy speaking out, it's so brave of him to go on camera too

But yeah super scary. These guys are awful... they literally just don't give a ****

Seems so random though. Like... why her?

[Beso]

How the hell did he get away if he casually walked off wearing such distinctive clothing considering the police were all over it so quickly.

Perhaps there's more people involved.

[arista]

How the hell did he get away if he casually walked off wearing such distinctive clothing considering the police were all over it so quickly.

Perhaps there's more people involved.

Simply because he walked away armed with his Knife
while it was dark

[caprimint]

People were probably too scared if he was carrying a knife

[Beso]

Simply because he walked away armed with his Knife
while it was dark

Is that fact yet?

I'm trying to avoid the news today

[arista]

Is that fact yet?

I'm trying to avoid the news today


Going by that witness
Swan posted
better than the BBC Bar lady report - that tells you nothing much.

[Zizu]

This morning on the radio I heard the Birmingham police statement saying that the ‘suspect’ was still roaming free but that anyone considering visiting Birmingham today should NOT be scared .... just be aware and alert !!


Jesus wept !!


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[Oliver_W]

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[arista]

Thats Good
they should show his Face on TV news now

[Swan]

Thats Good
they should show his Face on TV news now

Well for some reason SKY News cut the part of the video of the eyewitness' description of the suspect on YT, yet that video proves he got it spot on!

[Beso]

2 hour rampage...I thought the police got there quickly..

Looks to me like the news are scared to say what this is.

[arista]

Well for some reason SKY News cut the part of the video of the eyewitness' description of the suspect on YT, yet that video proves he got it spot on!


They may not have permission.

[arista]

2 hour rampage...I thought the police got there quickly..

Looks to me like the news are scared to say what this is.


By Now that Police Video should be on TV news.

[Cherie]

Thought this was a fight? Two hours?

[arista]

Thought this was a fight? Two hours?


The Attack was fast
but it appears he was around the zone
for 2 hours

[Zizu]

Fight ??
Thought 8 people stabbed in four different locations by one bloke ??


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[Zizu]

They may not have permission.



From the murderer ?

Actually that wouldn’t surprise me in this country ..


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[arista]

From the murderer ?

Actually that wouldn’t surprise me in this country ..


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No a Tweet Interview
Posted by Swan
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[arista]

SkyNewsHD showed a still from the Police Tweet
of the Cocky Suspect

[Cherie]

The Attack was fast
but it appears he was around the zone
for 2 hours

Oh I see..

[Vanessa]

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The video is quite clear. They should be able to identify him.

[UserSince2005]

of course they blame the black man.

BLM

[arista]

A 23 year old man Died from this Evil Killer


At least the Police Video of the Suspect was shown Edited to a few seconds
on BBCnewsHD at last,

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just seen the pic of the man

[arista]

Just seen the pic of the man


Yes they can Get him soon.
He is Front Page of the Free Metro
I will post later

https://e3.365dm.com/20/09/768x432/skynews-birmingham-stabbings_5089126.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20200906192001

[arista]

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[arista]

This Paper also posted on EU thread

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/iZ_FVEcvMpCJqQj_5SIl0Q/https/media.fyre.co/tphqzJbSRGudqXpRiT9i_0709%20Times.JPG

[caprimint]

So weird that he was just wandering around the area for so long and randomly decided to stab people :conf2: Like what the actual **** is wrong with him???

Oh yeah and that guy's description of him was perfect

[caprimint]

I wonder why it's not being talked about that it could have been homophobic related since it was in the gay village area??

[Ammi]

...the murderer/attacker has been described as being ‘cold and calm’ and even smirking/smiling while he was attacking a female victim and repeatedly stabbing her throat...I mean, the very nature of this and attacks like this, can’t not be terrifying to imagine...but that a life can be taken/and many other ives intended to be taken in such a ‘frenzied way’...yet with no visible emotion of that ‘frenzy’...is something that I personally always find particularly terrifying...and an added layer for family/loved ones to come to terms with and find any type of peace with, through their future lives...well, I just can’t see how anyone ever could...just so sad and awful...:sad:..

[Kizzy]

Why was he able to do it...Did nobody try stop him?
I know you shouldn't play hero but he's just one skinny guy surely if he was pelted with something they couldve disarmed him?

[Ammi]

...just looking at media reports this morning...the police have said there has been a ‘great response’ in trying to identify him...the pics are quite clear, so hopefully very, very soon...

[bots]

they have arrested someone now

[arista]

Why was he able to do it...Did nobody try stop him?
I know you shouldn't play hero but he's just one skinny guy surely if he was pelted with something they couldve disarmed him?


From that Video he looked as if he would
attack anyone.
The wrong people around him, I assume.



As posted
they have now arrested him.
He is Aged 27.


[The suspect was detained at a property
in the Selly Oak area of the city
at around 4am on Monday,
the force said in a statement.]


https://news.sky.com/story/birmingham-stabbings-police-arrest-man-27-on-suspicion-of-murder-and-attempted-murder-12065674

[caprimint]

Great news that they've caught him :clap1:

Hopefully he's named...

[Ammi]

..I’m so pleased...and for the families of his victims as well as him having been such a danger to the public...

[Strictly Jake]

of course they blame the black man.

BLM

But it was him. And this is concerning that police may have to be extra careful not to offend people which takes up time. Because people instantly say things like this.

[caprimint]

Why was he able to do it...Did nobody try stop him?
I know you shouldn't play hero but he's just one skinny guy surely if he was pelted with something they couldve disarmed him?
I mean... would you?

Anybody who tried to stop him would be pretty silly and putting their own lives at risk. They could have gotten him potentially if a group of them came together but how would they know there wasn't a gang or something that would have then come after them??

I'd say you'd get the hell outta there before he stabbed you

[michael21]

Police have declared a major incident in Birmingham city centre after officers were called to reports of multiple stabbings

From Sky news

https://news.sky.com/story/major-incident-in-birmingham-city-centre-after-multiple-stabbings-police-say-12064897

We are living in sad times

[Vanessa]

So happy they caught him. He should go down for murder.

[The Slim Reaper]

"He's changed, he doesn't have the same ideas he had when he was at school."

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[Crimson Dynamo]

But it was him. And this is concerning that police may have to be extra careful not to offend people which takes up time. Because people instantly say things like this.

:clap1:

looks like this may explain the huge delay?

[The Slim Reaper]

If the police hold on long enough, the public may not even find out he's black

[bots]

it is weird that they didn't say the name of the person they arrested, they would need to have a good reason for withholding it

[The Slim Reaper]

it is weird that they didn't say the name of the person they arrested, they would need to have a good reason for withholding it

There are procedures they probably have to go through, including letting the victims and their families know, so it will no doubt come out in due course.

[The Slim Reaper]

From a legal perspective

Apologies to the pitchfork gangs.

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[bots]

that tweet is nonsense slim .... people wanted by police prior to arrest are typically named .... you know this

[The Slim Reaper]

that tweet is nonsense slim .... people wanted by police prior to arrest are typically named .... you know this

I'll probably take the word of the brrister if that's ok.

[bots]

I'll probably take the word of the brrister if that's ok.

i will take the word of the police who published the names of thousands of wanted criminals prior to arrest .... to deny that is just ludicrous

[The Slim Reaper]

i will take the word of the police who published the names of thousands of wanted criminals prior to arrest .... to deny that is just ludicrous

Every case is probably not exactly the same.

[Beso]

Sounds very much like a racially motivated attack to me.

[UserSince2005]

Sounds very much like a racially motivated attack to me.

Black people can't be racist. everyone knows that.

[caprimint]

Also in the video he looks like he's talking to someone. I wonder what that's about?

It could be any of a homophobic, racial or random (drugs, mental health, ****?) attack. We'll probably never even find out

[Oliver_W]

Black people can't be racist. everyone knows that.

:joker:
People actually believe that? Barmy.

[Zizu]

Also in the video he looks like he's talking to someone. I wonder what that's about?

It could be any of a homophobic, racial or random (drugs, mental health, ****?) attack. We'll probably never even find out



Yeah .... I was wondering about that ..


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[Zizu]

Also in the video he looks like he's talking to someone. I wonder what that's about?

It could be any of a homophobic, racial or random (drugs, mental health, ****?) attack. We'll probably never even find out



One way or another he should be taken out of circulation for the rest of his life ..


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[caprimint]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/12602554/birmingham-stabbing-victim-pictured-man-arrested/?utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599495975

What we know so far:
A knifeman launched a frenzied 90-minute attack in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday
Jacob Billington, 23, was stabbed to death while seven others were injured
A huge manhunt was launched with CCTV released of the killer
A suspect was arrested at 4am today in Selly Oak
Horrified witnesses say the knifeman plunged a knife into a man's head 'after confronting him over a girl'
The knifeman also 'told horrified witnesses "Whatever" when they confronted him over the rampage'
Police say the victims were picked at random by the killer as he "calmly" walked through the city
They are facing questions over the length of time it took to arrest the suspect as MPs claim it cost the murder victim 'his life'
The force has set up a hotline for anyone who has information - 0800 056 0944


https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/as-rr-graphic-map-birmingham-stabbings-v6.jpg?w=960

[Denver]

I'm very familiar with that are of Birmingham and know people who go there weekly

[Ammi]

Birmingham stabbing victim Jacob Billington, 23, was 'the light of our life' says family...


The family of a man murdered in a rampaging knife attack in Birmingham at the weekend have paid tribute to “the light of their life” and have said he was loved by everyone he met.

Jacob Billington, 23, had been with a group of school friends from Liverpool enjoying a reunion, when he was stabbed in a random attack, which left seven other people injured.

Another member of the group, also 23, was seriously injured in the attack and remained in a critical condition in hospital last night.

In a statement, Mr Billington’s devastated family said he was a wonderful person who lit up every room with his humour and personality.

They said: “Jacob was the light of our life and we have been devastated by his loss. He was a funny, caring and wonderful person who was loved by every single person he met.

“He lit up every room with his boundless energy and witty humour and the loss of such a special person will be felt by all who knew him for years to come.”

Mr Billington and his companions had been visiting a former school friend, who is studying in Birmingham, when they were approached by an attacker armed with a knife in the Irving Street area of the city.

During a two hour rampage, the attacker also left a 30-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman in a critical condition, and injured four others.

A huge manhunt was launched with West Midlands Police issuing a description and CCTV footage of the suspect on Sunday evening.

A 27-year-old man was eventually arrested at 4am on Monday when armed police raided a house in the Selly Oak area of Birmingham.

He remained in custody last night where he was being questioned on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder.

Three other people, two men and a woman, were arrested from the same address on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Chief Superintendent Steve Graham said: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with Jacob’s family and friends after receiving such shocking news, particularly for those who were sharing their night out with him.

“It’s utterly shocking that a friends’ reunion should end so brutally.

Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, criticised West Midlands police for failing to apprehend the attacker during the rampage, suggesting Mr Billington’s life might had been saved if they had acted quicker.

But Dave Thompson, the force’s Chief Constable hit out at what he said was an "ill-informed critique" of his officers' response.

He said there would be a "time and place to review the actions" of police.

But he added: "Engaging in an ill-informed critique of this investigation, particularly at such an early stage, is both unhelpful and simply makes the job of the police harder.”


https://uk.yahoo.com/news/birmingham-stabbing-victim-jacob-billington-162725312.html

[Beso]

Poor lad, no words left to say.

[Beso]

Its gonna be a homohobic attack by a black man imo.probably all victims will be white.

[Oliver_W]

Its gonna be a homohobic attack by a black man imo.probably all victims will be white.
Well it was in the gay village area, wasn't it? He's not even been named so take this with a gallon of salt but apparently the killer is Somali, so most likely muslim, so yeah it was probably a religion-fueled hate spree. I doubt skin colour is relevant though.

[Beso]

Well it was in the gay village area, wasn't it? He's not even been named so take this with a gallon of salt but apparently the killer is Somali, so most likely muslim, so yeah it was probably a religion-fueled hate spree. I doubt skin colour is relevant though.

It was when the admiral duncan got nailed bombed in london. Why not now, what are people scared of all of a sudden?

[Oliver_W]

It was when the admiral duncan got nailed bombed in london. Why not now, what are people scared of all of a sudden?

I had to google Admiral Duncan, what does something which happened over 20 years ago have to do with anything?

[caprimint]

The thing is that there was only one part of the attack that actually happened in the Gay Village, the rest were all in different places. He worked his way around/down the centre. Tbh I feel like he was just ****ed up

Armed police today dragged the 27-year-old suspect out of his home in a dramatic 4am raid in the Selly Oak area of the city, around three miles from the scene of the frenzied attack that broke out the early hours of Sunday.

The 'terrified' man was still wearing his pyjamas when firearms officers swooped on his house and handcuffed him.

Three other people, two men and a woman, were arrested from the same address on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Now, his neighbours in the quiet cul-de-sac claim the suspect - who they say lives in a rented semi-detached house with friends - 'was mentally disturbed and possibly a schizophrenic'. Another called him an 'oddball' who spent his days riding the bus.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8705023/Birmingham-knifeman-confronted-man-girl-stabbing-spree.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK

[bots]

I do find it strange that the police were not able to stop him faster with the CCTV etc