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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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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:42

Lobbygobbler · 04/02/2026 13:34

You are ghouls. These are not just stories for your consumption. Someone has died. A family has lost a loved one. Have some decency.

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We didn’t know someone had died.

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:41

Lobbygobbler · 04/02/2026 13:33

I find your obsession with needing to know information before the authorities are ready to release it and the bereaved family being informed stranger.

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I’m not sure why you think I’m obsessed. And you seem to have assumed quite a lot about my motivation!

To put it another way, why include a news article at all without providing any information if they haven’t yet told the next of kin?

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Jijithecat · 04/02/2026 13:40

A prime example of social media at it's worst. Once upon a time you would have been blissfully unaware.

Sophiablue95 · 04/02/2026 13:40

AnnasFangs · 04/02/2026 13:33

This might help you understand?

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/video-shows-british-armed-police-parking-dispute-not-foiling-terror-plot-2026-01-06/

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I stated before, it was in the news that it was over a parking dispute.

You can believe what you want. I was parked in the same parking lot for most of the day where it occurred and was back and forth to the car. Many empty car spaces as there always is whenever I go.

5128gap · 04/02/2026 13:40

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If the perpetrator is an immigrant you will no doubt be back shouting it from the rooftops. If they're not, you won't be back to eat your words, will you? You'll slither away until next time you can appear on a thread about a crime and say it will have been an illegal immigrant. Its always a win in your eyes, because whatever the truth of the matter, you will have suceeded in shoehorning your anti immigration propaganda into someone else's tragedy, and got everyone thinking about immigrants rather than the death of a young man.

CaptainMyCaptain · 04/02/2026 13:38

Lobbygobbler · 04/02/2026 13:33

I find your obsession with needing to know information before the authorities are ready to release it and the bereaved family being informed stranger.

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I agree.

Lobbygobbler · 04/02/2026 13:34

FasterMichelin · 04/02/2026 13:31

No one said it was a conspiracy. It’s perfectly normal and natural to wonder about crimes. Thats why there are millions of crime podcasts, films, books. Humans are naturally interested in activity that goes against our human nature.

We were wondering why there was lack of information. That doesn’t make us bad people. Or conspiracists.

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You are ghouls. These are not just stories for your consumption. Someone has died. A family has lost a loved one. Have some decency.

AnnasFangs · 04/02/2026 13:33

Sophiablue95 · 04/02/2026 13:31

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

I was there that day and they were plenty of car spaces. I find it hard to believe armed police would have a man pinned to the floor over a parking dispute.

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This might help you understand?

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/video-shows-british-armed-police-parking-dispute-not-foiling-terror-plot-2026-01-06/

Lobbygobbler · 04/02/2026 13:33

GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:25

My original post explains why I found it strange.

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I find your obsession with needing to know information before the authorities are ready to release it and the bereaved family being informed stranger.

FasterMichelin · 04/02/2026 13:31

Gggh · 04/02/2026 12:36

Agree.

Plus the media may be limited in what they can say if there is an arrest but not a charge. The age of the alleged attacker/s is another issue. It does not have to be some sort of conspiracy.

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No one said it was a conspiracy. It’s perfectly normal and natural to wonder about crimes. Thats why there are millions of crime podcasts, films, books. Humans are naturally interested in activity that goes against our human nature.

We were wondering why there was lack of information. That doesn’t make us bad people. Or conspiracists.

Sophiablue95 · 04/02/2026 13:31

GalaxyJam · 04/02/2026 13:23

That doesn’t answer the PP’s question though, who did he get into trouble with and what for?

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

I was there that day and they were plenty of car spaces. I find it hard to believe armed police would have a man pinned to the floor over a parking dispute.

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:30

Floatlikeafeather2 · 04/02/2026 13:26

It's been reported as a stabbing on BBC.co.uk since at least 7.15 this morning. Further info added as it happened. Where have you been looking for info?

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The information about it being a stabbing was not available until after I’d started this thread though on any news outlet.

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AnnasFangs · 04/02/2026 13:27

GalaxyJam · 04/02/2026 13:23

That doesn’t answer the PP’s question though, who did he get into trouble with and what for?

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I had a quick Google

Apparently on X there were false rumours spread that it was a terrorist attack. Perhaps that is what the security guard was spreading?

Floatlikeafeather2 · 04/02/2026 13:26

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.

It's been reported as a stabbing on BBC.co.uk since at least 7.15 this morning. Further info added as it happened. Where have you been looking for info?

lovealongbath · 04/02/2026 13:26

It’s going to be reported on ITN news in 5 mins

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:25

AnnasFangs · 04/02/2026 13:18

Why did you assume it was a "secret?"

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My original post explains why I found it strange.

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GalaxyJam · 04/02/2026 13:23

Sophiablue95 · 04/02/2026 13:20

Were you there? I presume not. He leaked messages on social media regarding what happened.

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That doesn’t answer the PP’s question though, who did he get into trouble with and what for?

Sophiablue95 · 04/02/2026 13:20

Kimura · 04/02/2026 13:11

They tried to say it was over a parking dispute in the local news a few days later. One security man got in trouble for revealing the truth.

Absolute nonsense. In trouble with who? For what?

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Were you there? I presume not. He leaked messages on social media regarding what happened.

AnnasFangs · 04/02/2026 13:18

GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:15

Thank you. When I asked my original question there were no details. More information has since been reported.

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Why did you assume it was a "secret?"

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GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 13:15

CaptainMyCaptain · 04/02/2026 13:13

Someone has been arrested for stabbing another person. What else do you need to know?

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Thank you. When I asked my original question there were no details. More information has since been reported.

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CaptainMyCaptain · 04/02/2026 13:13

GrandmaMazur · 04/02/2026 11:12

But they don’t seem to be giving any information?

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Someone has been arrested for stabbing another person. What else do you need to know?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 04/02/2026 13:13

Some of the racist comments on this thread have been truly disgusting.

It's truly abhorrent to see some posters gleefully using tragic incidents like this in order to spread their racist propaganda.

A young man has died. Have a little respect.

usernamealreadytaken · 04/02/2026 13:12

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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Unless there are Jews involved...
https://www.politico.eu/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-israel-after-reporting-it-targeted-medical-staff/

BBC apologizes after ‘incorrect’ report stated Israeli troops targeted Gaza medical team

British broadcaster gets into another mess over Israel-Hamas war.

https://www.politico.eu/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-israel-after-reporting-it-targeted-medical-staff/

Kimura · 04/02/2026 13:11

Sophiablue95 · 04/02/2026 12:49

Similar at metrocentre in Gateshead just after Christmas. I was there that day and armed police had men on the floor.

They tried to say it was over a parking dispute in the local news a few days later. One security man got in trouble for revealing the truth.

They tried to say it was over a parking dispute in the local news a few days later. One security man got in trouble for revealing the truth.

Absolute nonsense. In trouble with who? For what?

JoRaRaRa · 04/02/2026 13:02

This is so sad! I also went to DMU from 2006 to 2010 so I know the area well. I used to walk around at all hours from the library, or to the cash machine or shops etc. I always thought it was a safe, busy area especially during term time so I'm sure there's loads of witnesses. What an horrific thing to see too.

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