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Why is what’s happening in Leicester secret?

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 10:59

I just saw a news alert about a very serious incident that happened last night in Leicester and the area is cordoned off with a heavy police presence. But there are no details available.

I don’t remember seeing a news story like this before where nothing about the actual incident is reported. Does this happen regularly and I’ve not noticed or is this quite unusual?

I hope it’s nothing too awful.

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ChapmanFarm · 04/02/2026 11:50

BoredZelda · 04/02/2026 11:42

It is very common for “serious incidents” to be reported with no detail.

It's not. Or at least not over this period.

There has at the very least been a lot of confusion as to what type of incident this is and so they've deliberately held off.

You don't usually wait overnight before getting a rough 'stabbing', 'x casualties', 'not seeking anyone else in connection with'.

Keroppi · 04/02/2026 11:48

Strange! They don't want people to speculate but of course everyone's mind runs to terrorist attack or something.

They must have closed the centre in lockdown to try and capture the suspect? Perhaps it was a stabbing frenzy? Or maybe two students in a brawl.. they did ban pointed knives from their canteens a month or so ago!

AmIthatSpringy · 04/02/2026 11:47

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I don't know the area. What do you mean?

AnyoneWhoHasAHeart · 04/02/2026 11:46

I find it far more odd that you’re looking to bring this out into the open somehow.

You do know that crimes happen all the time where there isn’t wall-to-wall coverage? Stabbings, muggings, drug dealers being arrested, most of which involve police cordons.

“18 year old stabbed” is hardly a major incident is it? Other than to his poor family who now have to also contend with the likes of you and others on social media wanting to turn this into some kind of mass event.

Fiftyandme · 04/02/2026 11:46

Police have just put out a statement and appeal for witnesses

LavenderBlue19 · 04/02/2026 11:45

It will have been because of an ongoing police investigation - for whatever reason, they couldn't announce details until just now. Let the police get on with their jobs.

And to the dog whistle racists - why on earth would the 'demographic' be hidden in this instance, but not others? Details are often kept quiet while initial inquiries are made and relatives informed. That's all.

Limth · 04/02/2026 11:44

What a surprise. Male fucking violence. Again.

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 11:43

Blueskiesnotgrey · 04/02/2026 11:40

Another teenage student killed in one of our university cities by a knife (Noittingham couple of years ago, Southampton last year) breaks my heart. So young and done everything right at school to get to uni then killed in a minute by senseless knife violence, just tragic.

Very sad.

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TallulahBetty · 04/02/2026 11:43

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BoredZelda · 04/02/2026 11:42

It is very common for “serious incidents” to be reported with no detail.

stopringingme · 04/02/2026 11:41

Man aged in his 20's was stabbed and died, 18 year old arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody.

Blueskiesnotgrey · 04/02/2026 11:40

Another teenage student killed in one of our university cities by a knife (Noittingham couple of years ago, Southampton last year) breaks my heart. So young and done everything right at school to get to uni then killed in a minute by senseless knife violence, just tragic.

Whattodo1610 · 04/02/2026 11:40

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 04/02/2026 11:34

Stabbing. 18 yo man arrested.

The man died, so fatal stabbing.

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FasterMichelin · 04/02/2026 11:39

TallulahBetty · 04/02/2026 11:37

Ah. I think we can guess why the secrecy

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I honestly can’t, unless it’s a well known person?

There are stabbings everyday (sadly). Why would this one make the headlines and why, after nearly 20hrs, are they still not saying what happened?

Id understand no names but i cant fathom why they’re not releasing more?

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 11:39

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 04/02/2026 11:33

Other than prurient interest, why are you so bothered that you don't have all the details right now?

I’m not sure that prurient is the right word!

I am curious about why the news (which is normally reported in a particular way) has not been for this story. It just seems strange?

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Dollymylove · 04/02/2026 11:37

It happened last night and was reported by GB News. Then it seemed to have been pulled. All the news site are saying is that there has been a serious incident in Leicester.
So what is it that they dont want us to know?

TallulahBetty · 04/02/2026 11:37

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 04/02/2026 11:34

Stabbing. 18 yo man arrested.

Ah. I think we can guess why the secrecy

ADayAwayFromYourHeart · 04/02/2026 11:34

They've just reported it on Times Radio. A man was stabbed yesterday evening. An 18 year old man has been arrested.

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 04/02/2026 11:34

Stabbing. 18 yo man arrested.

TallulahBetty · 04/02/2026 11:34

Gggh · 04/02/2026 11:04

It could be that the police have caught someone and so the news outlets have to wait for charges to be filed. If they report A was committed and a named person is then charged with B, the news outlets will have committed libel.

There is nothing libellous in saying 'X has happened, man arrested'. Nothing.

So the fact they are not even saying anything? Bit odd

ADayAwayFromYourHeart · 04/02/2026 11:33

GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 11:30

But it seems unusual that the police aren’t giving facts to the reporters, even if they are not providing names of the people involved.

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Yes. But the PP I replied to seemed to be criticising the BBC for not reporting - um, stuff? When there is clearly no information available from the police.

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 04/02/2026 11:33

Other than prurient interest, why are you so bothered that you don't have all the details right now?

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 11:30

ADayAwayFromYourHeart · 04/02/2026 11:29

Hardly BBC journalism at its finest.

On the contrary. The BBC is very good at not reporting speculation, and in waiting to report facts. If the police weren't telling the BBC what had happened, the BBC is not going to go round reporting what equally uninformed residents think.

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But it seems unusual that the police aren’t giving facts to the reporters, even if they are not providing names of the people involved.

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BetterOffNow · 04/02/2026 11:30

Monwmum · 04/02/2026 11:29

There are vague reports of a triple stabbing with one fatality but seems strange that it is all being kept under wraps

BBC now saying police have said it's not a triple stabbing?