[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.....

[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...

[arista]

Originally Posted by 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?

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/birmingha...urder-12065674

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by 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?

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

[bots]

they have arrested someone now

[caprimint]

Great news that they've caught him

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...

[michael21]

Originally Posted by 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-inc...e-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."

[Beso]

Sounds very much like a racially motivated attack to me.

[UserSince2005]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Sounds very much like a racially motivated attack to me.

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

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

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

People actually believe that? Barmy.

[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

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by 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

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


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by 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

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...box=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

[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...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]

Originally Posted by parmnion

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]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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?