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Acid attack in Clapham

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PawsAndReflection · 31/01/2024 23:06

Has anyone else seen this horrible news story? Apparently 9 people have been injured, looks like the original targets were a woman and two children.

What is WRONG with people?!

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Isitautumnyet23 · 01/02/2024 19:27

Notaflippinclue · 01/02/2024 19:10

They've released a man today after 2 years in a secure hospital who kicked a female prison officer to death - so this beast will probably get 6 months. Time we had a referendum on a couple of things.

Agree 👏🏻

Puzzledandpissedoff · 01/02/2024 19:31

IClaudine · 01/02/2024 19:23

No mention on the BBC website. Either it is not true or they are not mentioning it because they know what could happen.

Edited

Ah, fair enough; I wrote "apparently" because someone upthread mentioned the BBC had reported it

I wonder if it was originally mentioned and later taken down ...

IClaudine · 01/02/2024 19:34

Puzzledandpissedoff · 01/02/2024 19:31

Ah, fair enough; I wrote "apparently" because someone upthread mentioned the BBC had reported it

I wonder if it was originally mentioned and later taken down ...

Given what happened in Dublin they may well have taken it down (if it is true).

Dogdilemma2000 · 01/02/2024 19:34

neveradullmoment99 · 01/02/2024 18:56

Oh and also read [ In the sun ] that the guy tried to knock the woman over! Really awful.

Just seen the video - looks like he rammed her with the car

kirinm · 01/02/2024 19:35

As far as I can tell, it's been mentioned on GB news and that tip off has apparently come from a governs source. No wonder no decent broadcaster has mentioned it yet. It may or may not be true but it's being used to stir things up purely for their right wing nut job viewers. They couldn't give a shit about the woman and children.

kirinm · 01/02/2024 19:35

*government source

SealHouse · 01/02/2024 19:35

Nightowl1234 · 01/02/2024 10:53

For those closet racists jumping on this to justify their vile opinions - get your facts straight. The attacker and all victims are white. As seen by eye witnesses and reported to the police and media. Keep your prejudice to yourself.

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims ❤️

The attacker is in fact an afghan immigrant asylum seeker, Abdul Shokoor Ezedi.

Get your facts straight indeed.

TylaTiga · 01/02/2024 19:36

SealHouse · 01/02/2024 19:35

The attacker is in fact an afghan immigrant asylum seeker, Abdul Shokoor Ezedi.

Get your facts straight indeed.

No one knows if they’re an asylum seeker. Where are your ‘facts’ from?

IClaudine · 01/02/2024 19:38

SealHouse · 01/02/2024 19:35

The attacker is in fact an afghan immigrant asylum seeker, Abdul Shokoor Ezedi.

Get your facts straight indeed.

Can you link please to where it has been confirmed he is an asylum seeker?

If he is, it may be that his victims are too, btw. But perhaps they don't matter to some on this thread.

Nightowl1234 · 01/02/2024 19:38

SealHouse · 01/02/2024 19:35

The attacker is in fact an afghan immigrant asylum seeker, Abdul Shokoor Ezedi.

Get your facts straight indeed.

It was reported in the media this morning. Why don’t you tell them to get their facts straight.

It still doesn’t explain why you’re so focused on the man’s race. Why don’t you have a word with yourself.

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MaryJobMosesJesusMuhammad · 01/02/2024 19:43

Recognising the increased occurrence of FGM in specific communities from Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Nigeria, and Eritrea in this country is an important awareness, not an act of racism.

Acknowledging that there is a higher prevalence of alcohol addiction among white Britons, without assuming that all white folk have a drink problem, is not a racist observation.

Bringing attention to the existence of South Asian grooming gangs is not an act of racism; it is about identifying a particular group involved in such criminal activities.

Noticing the prevalence of first cousin marriages in Pakistani communities in England and raising concern about the potential risks for fatal genetic abnormalities is not racist; it is highlighting a specific practice and its consequences.

Recognising that about 50% of knife crime offenders are from BAME backgrounds is not racist; it is an observation of a statistic that needs understanding and attention without assuming guilt based on race or ethnicity.

We have to be able to notice and address specific issues in order to find appropriate solutions, without making generalisations.

There is a difference between observing or noticing patterns and suggesting that all people from a specific group are guilty.

All men for example, are not misogynists.

DinaofCloud9 · 01/02/2024 19:45

Why is it acceptable to say one sex is misogynistic but not one race?

herewegoroundthebastardbush · 01/02/2024 19:46

LakeTiticaca · 01/02/2024 19:24

Seems to be a tad too many posters seemingly trying to defend this tosser imho

Like who??

Bookist · 01/02/2024 19:48

MaryJobMosesJesusMuhammad · 01/02/2024 19:43

Recognising the increased occurrence of FGM in specific communities from Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Nigeria, and Eritrea in this country is an important awareness, not an act of racism.

Acknowledging that there is a higher prevalence of alcohol addiction among white Britons, without assuming that all white folk have a drink problem, is not a racist observation.

Bringing attention to the existence of South Asian grooming gangs is not an act of racism; it is about identifying a particular group involved in such criminal activities.

Noticing the prevalence of first cousin marriages in Pakistani communities in England and raising concern about the potential risks for fatal genetic abnormalities is not racist; it is highlighting a specific practice and its consequences.

Recognising that about 50% of knife crime offenders are from BAME backgrounds is not racist; it is an observation of a statistic that needs understanding and attention without assuming guilt based on race or ethnicity.

We have to be able to notice and address specific issues in order to find appropriate solutions, without making generalisations.

There is a difference between observing or noticing patterns and suggesting that all people from a specific group are guilty.

All men for example, are not misogynists.

Oh for Heaven's sake don't go all sensible, erudite and logical about this. It spoils all the Virtue Signallers fun.

Kwam31 · 01/02/2024 19:49

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-68164010
update

couiza · 01/02/2024 19:50

That video on Sky News is horrific. He is totally frenzied. Those poor victims, I hope he is apprehended asap.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 01/02/2024 19:53

Out of interest do we have any data on where the most acid attacks take place globally and which sex the perpetrators are against the sex of the victim?

IClaudine · 01/02/2024 19:53

Kwam31 · 01/02/2024 19:49

Thanks. So he was an asylum seeker.

I really hope that there is a strong police presence in Clapham tonight and in the coming nights to protect asylum seekers there. The brain dead far right will use this as an excuse to attack people.

pointythings · 01/02/2024 20:00

It's good to have confirmation.

Now it would be good for people to accept that the fact that he is an asylum seeker is unlikely to be related to his actions. It's very likely that his sex is related, however. So can we stop being racist, please?

soupfiend · 01/02/2024 20:05

Is is unlikely to be related to his actions, his race and culture?

I would have thought it makes it more likely to be an honor attack (hate that phrase), he's from afghanistan.

ScribblingPixie · 01/02/2024 20:05

IClaudine · 01/02/2024 19:23

No mention on the BBC website. Either it is not true or they are not mentioning it because they know what could happen.

Edited

It was on the BBC News at 6. The Newcastle reporter said the suspect had lived in a refugee hostel for some time then moved into private accommodation.

Snowdays23 · 01/02/2024 20:06

Were the children not in his car?

IClaudine · 01/02/2024 20:06

ScribblingPixie · 01/02/2024 20:05

It was on the BBC News at 6. The Newcastle reporter said the suspect had lived in a refugee hostel for some time then moved into private accommodation.

Yes, BBC updated details on the website a little while ago.

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