Covent Garden - why don't I trust the reporting ?

Same thought here. The media and police have lied so many times about this sort of stuff.

Although, yes, a very unstable woman lashing out in rammed Covent Garden could easily stab four men quickly in a few seconds.

Yes, but the men were apparently random people walking past, they were not in a group known to each other, the initial reaction would be to get away from the attacker unless trained to react/disarm an attacker? With a scissors you could have walked on a bit before noticing that you had been attacked?

No, you are wrong. Dial down the outrage!

It is questioning whether the reports are using the word "woman" accurately.

Nothing to do with unhealthy obsessions, conspiracy theories, being fixated on trans people or anything else you are hyperventilating about.

It's a good thing to question the media.

Nobody trusts it's a woman' because a small group of people are completely obsessed with trans people and choose to invent secret cover-ups on every thread. Pretending that self-induced paranoia is 'just asking questions' doesn't make it fact.

Assuming every crime involving a female suspect is secretly a trans woman until proven otherwise isn't "questioning the news". It's an unhealthy obsession. You didn't wait for any facts; you jumped straight to a conspiracy theory because you're so fixated on trans people that you start imagining they're involved in crimes even when there's no evidence at all.

Who's making up facts, all I'm reading are people lamenting the fact that when you her a report about a woman committing a crime, or in any other capacity for that matter, nobody trust that it is a women their talking about.

Hmm no I've seen the images and it's not the woman I'm thinking of. There are a lot of very unwell homeless people in the Endell St hostel though.

You're missing the point.
Nobody has made up any facts.
It's about the word "woman" and whether the reports actually do mean Adult Human Female or a bloke who feelz like a lady.
A few years ago we wouldn't have thought to question it, and now we do.
Why is that?

I think I know the suspect as I spend some time in that area and she has approached me on a few occasions. Clearly very unwell. Tiny but looks drug-addled and is very intimidating.

There's a difference between healthy media skepticism and making up facts about a live crime because the news hasn't confirmed your specific bias yet. If the BBC isn't reliable enough for you, which 'trusted sources' are you using to verify details about an active investigation before the police have even released a statement?

It’s justified scepticism though isn’t it. People didn’t come to be sceptical for no good reason. Blame the media and police for their history of trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes and being so dishonest.

I think the Mayor changed their designation to 'unhoused' or 'houseless' or something as equally meaningless, either way there are no 'homeless people' in London any more, the Mayor says so.

St Mungo's has been named. Anyway, seeing this happened right outside the centre, it's likely connected.

Unfortunately I agree with this.
Having learned that it's suspected to have been a locally known woman experiencing homelessness and with MH issues, I find it feasible. But my initial thought was that it was another man with a female gender identity.
And that is down to repeated inaccurate and misleading media coverage.

Try reading the thread again, because it is clearly NOT about blaming victims or assuming that no women can be capable of violent behaviour.
It is about the fact that the BBC is no longer a trusted news source. Well, not in my house, anyway, without checking with at least two other sources.
(That's before we consider how much news it actually bothers to report on at all.)

BBC says two victims sent home, 2 have, effectively, minor injuries. For the benefit of the monitors I’ll loudly add THESE MEN WILL BE PHYSICALLY OK AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS. For the point of the thread - goes to show that women can’t do significat harm to men even with a pair of scissors. The harm the BBC has done to its own reputation and trust is marked. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0nk17881yo

Deflecting with snark doesn't change the point; weaponizing a tragedy before the police have even named a suspect isn't debate, it's just agenda-posting. If you actually cared about the victims, you'd wait for facts.

My teen dc like to go shopping in the area. We're currently abroad on holiday so they are obviously not there today, but I know how worried I'd be seeing the headlines had the met up with friends in the area which they so often.

Looking at the photos in the DM article and checking google maps streteview, it appears the stabbings occurred right outside of 83 Endell Street in London, a hostel providing supported accommodation and care services for homeless individuals with complex needs. Reportedly and allegedly the victims were attacked with scissors so not a typical 'male' kind of weapon.

Make of this what you will.

That is sadly very true

Really? Then why did you make this post? If you care about the victims, you wouldn't create a thread for "speculation".