Why is what’s happening in Leicester secret?

The attack was reported both on the Beeb and in the Times early this morning.

Why do you need all the gory details, potentially before even identification and news shared with the families? What are you hoping for apart from prurient glee and something to speculate about on social media?

In general waiting a few hours for factually accurate info is more useful, even if less exciting than idle speculation or trouble making.

I used ‘prurient’ recently and afterward discovered it refers to an unhealthy sexual interest vs general unhealthy interest!

There is a big difference between wondering what has happened/wanting more info and leaping to the conclusion that the information is deliberately being kept secret/starting a thread to speculate on why this might be.

Yes, there was a thread on MN where a woman defended him vociferously, it was so strange to see.

The Guardian is reporting that the victim and perpetrator were involved in an altercation before the stabbing - but the investigation is continuing

Initial inquiries carried out by officers suggested the victim had been involved in an altercation with another man in the street, who left the scene before police arrived.
The senior investigating officer, DI Lorna Granville, said: “We are currently piecing together exactly what has occurred on the corner of Oxford Street and Bonners Lane between, what is reported as, two men involved in a confrontation.
“CCTV in the area is currently being reviewed and officers are speaking to potential witnesses to assist with our investigation. We know a lot of people came to the aid of the victim before emergency services arrived and we want to thank them for their help.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/04/police-investigating-serious-incident-de-montfort-university-leicester

Feel shame? I highly doubt it. Have you seen the comments on the (white family mental health poor businessman) ex-army lovely guy by all accounts who ran over almost 100 people?! If it was a poc the comments would be totally different! Talk about making excuses for him! He ran over 4 children one in a buggy! How sick do you have to be to drive over people not just once but continue. He literally could have just stopped and turned his car off instead he chose to tailgate an ambulance and then proceed to drive into the crowd not into the area where there was a tiny bit of space but on videos it looks like he actually turned the wheel into the crowd more than once. Now unless it was some remote controlled car! I can't understand how anyone could keep going after hitting the first person.

The comments on any news stories about him show exactly how sick some people are. Plus the huge silence once they realise he's actually a "lovely family guy"!

It seemed to me like they just got there super-quick, before there were any details to report.
"Something has happened, not sure what, can't tell you anything."
I heard it on the radio. It was bad reporting imho.

Excuse the interruption…

Across the BBC, SKY News and GMB programmes this morning, they all had ticker banners describing ‘Breaking News’. Serious Incident at DMT Uni. but gave no further details.

It’s natural to be inquisitive.

But you can hardly blame somebody for wanting further info.

The news on the BBC may have been from the local broadcast but in the London area, they didn’t give any details.

Someone has died. Updates of course will be available once the Police release the details.

Sadly, because it’s a fairly regular occurrence in the London area, no ticker/banner is usually displayed. It might not even be the 2nd item on the news broadcast ☹️

I found it strange because we have people stabbed to death, regularly, on Merseyside and we have this going on. Two army explosions and human remains, yet no major news coverage. It's interesting what the TV News picks up on.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/police-give-update-what-white-33353724

They will feel no shame because they have no shame.

They will simply go silent on this particular incident and eagerly await the next one, in the hope that the next incident will prove to be better fodder for their campaign of hate.

That's better news but still ta nightmare for that family, obviously.

Hopefully those who have seen fit to try to turn this family's tragedy into a political argument will have the balls and brains to feel shame if the perp turns out to be the overwhelming usual suspect - IE a white male!

Yes, of the 'they're hiding it because it was an immigrant' type of post.

Because journalists have to wait for things to be confirmed before publishing. They can't just speculate.

Agree with previous posters, this smacks of OP being desparate for this to have perpetuated by an illegal immigrant.

He was suspended. I’ve already said because he was uploading screenshots of messages regarding the matter on social media.

You said...

One security man got in trouble for revealing the truth.

But the truth was that the incident was a parking dispute. So if this security guard was suspended for posting things on social falsely claiming it was a terrorist attack, that wasn't the truth, was it?

I find it hard to believe armed police would have a man pinned to the floor over a parking dispute.

A firearms unit was deployed because the police received a report that the occupants of one car were in possession of a firearm. So yes, they would absolutely have put them on the ground until they either recovered it, or established that there wasn't one. All five occupants of one car were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm.

De Montfort University student stabbed to death in Leicester with 18-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder.

Awful.

Yep, and on that occasion, the only "immigrant" in the story turned out to be the hero member of staff who had risked his life trying to protect others. Not quite the narrative that some of them were going for.

They won't learn because they are not interested in anything that doesn't support their message of hate.

It was the same with the Huntingdon train stabbings.

There are swarms of people posting on X about this incident some disingenuous, some explicit. They believe the police are withholding one key piece of information. The shade of skin of the alleged perpetrator. I don't think they are concerned about the victim. They are straining on the leash to find something that fits their agenda. This may be an innocent thread but then again....

Hang on… you think a parking dispute can only happen when there aren’t very many spaces? I witnessed a parking dispute in a car park (with plenty of spaces) when someone pulled into a disabled space without having a blue badge. I witnessed another where someone reversed into a spot and hit the bumper of the car behind them. Why would you assume that it was a case of there not being enough places to park?

We didn't know that someone had died, but we knew that it was being described as a "very serious incident".

There was no evidence of any attempt to keep the incident a secret. It was being reported by national news broadcasters and newspapers when you posted. Yes, the details were scant at the time because the police had not released further information at that point, but it was abundantly clear that more details would emerge as and when it was appropriate.

People need to understand that the police won't have the entertainment of the public as their primary priority in these cases. There are many reasons why they might delay putting detailed information into the public arena. Perhaps people should learn to be patient instead of leaping in to stir up suspicion and feed the conspiracy theories.

Why? There are regular stabbings, in London, and they’re reported, swiftly, even if they don’t give out names.