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Huntingdon was a lone wolf attack

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WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 02/11/2025 18:01

Confirmed by police about half an hour ago that the 35 year old arrested has been released without charge.

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nomas · 03/11/2025 07:26

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:24

It wasn’t racist or unreasonable to at first assume it could be an Islamic terror attack. The police did the same.

The police said nothing about Islamic terror, stop lying.

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:27

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:25

Quote where she wrote that or we will continue to assume you’re a liar.

You can assume what you like. I will not bow to gaslighting and bullying.

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EasternStandard · 03/11/2025 07:27

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:20

She absolutely was conflating this attack with Muslims along with other posters, as I already copied and pasted upthread. It’s the same old Tommy narrative.

If you keep ignoring that, then you’re lying.

You’ve attributed a few things incorrectly now. Your post about wanting others to speak up is wrong.

Can you find that post?

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:27

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:26

The police said nothing about Islamic terror, stop lying.

You're either wildly misinformed or lying again.

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:27

EasternStandard · 03/11/2025 07:25

Idk why you can’t read what people are posting. ‘We’ is you and someone who screenshotted pre the police conference update.

You should apologise because you’ve got it wrong.

But I havent. You have continued to conflate this attack with Muslim terrorism despite there being no indication of that being the case.

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Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:28

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:27

You can assume what you like. I will not bow to gaslighting and bullying.

No you’re just a perpetrator of it.

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:28

Leavesfalling · 03/11/2025 07:25

Yes but he isn't. The election is in 2029. The attack happened two days ago. Im referring to the person that actually matters at this moment, which is the PM now. The person who tells us what is happening and who we are either supposed to believe. Or not.

People are allowed to have concerns about Farage.

People in Germany probably thought the same about Hitler, that it’s an issue for years away.

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:29

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:27

You're either wildly misinformed or lying again.

The police never once said it was a Muslim terrorist incident.

They activated operation plato (this is a point agreed upon by all parties), and as soon as it became clear it wasn’t a terrorist incident they rescinded that.

They have then come out and said that there are no indications that this is a terror incident. Eyewitnesses report that the perpetrator was shouting “kill me” when he had been tasered, which again suggests mental health as being the underlying cause, but for some reason people still refuse to accept that.

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lifeturnsonadime · 03/11/2025 07:30

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:03

The strange thing is the police have confirmed it’s not terror related but people still insist it is!

The police have confirmed no such thing!

Honestly you are just making things up now.

Including the allegations against Eastern Standard.

Unless you can cut and paste something she posted on another thread to prove her racism you really should apologies.

The only reason you can't is because there isn't one.

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:30

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:27

You're either wildly misinformed or lying again.

Quote where the police said Islamic terror or stop lying.

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:30

lifeturnsonadime · 03/11/2025 07:30

The police have confirmed no such thing!

Honestly you are just making things up now.

Including the allegations against Eastern Standard.

Unless you can cut and paste something she posted on another thread to prove her racism you really should apologies.

The only reason you can't is because there isn't one.

Yes, they have. Go and watch the press conference again.

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nomas · 03/11/2025 07:31

EasternStandard · 03/11/2025 07:27

You’ve attributed a few things incorrectly now. Your post about wanting others to speak up is wrong.

Can you find that post?

I’ve copied and pasted twice now, stop sea lioning.

EasternStandard · 03/11/2025 07:31

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:31

I’ve copied and pasted twice now, stop sea lioning.

Stop making stuff up.

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:32

😂

littleburn · 03/11/2025 07:32

Littletreefrog · 02/11/2025 18:36

It's really not unusual when there is a large scale confusing incident with multiple witnesses saying different things for anyone potentially believed to be involved to be arrested. Sometimes they are de arrested on scene sometimes it's after they have been taken to the station once it is confirmed they weren't involved. My DB was arrested after a mass brawl in a pub because he was a white male in a blue t shirt but after a quick check of CCTV he was released without charge. Surely people can see it's best to detain anyone possibly involved then release rather than let them go then try to find them again later. That's why I don't believe people should ever be named until charged.

Exactly! It was a fast moving situation, people were running off the train, highly panicked, the attacker was still active and the police had to act fast. He was arrested as he matched the description of someone who was actively trying to murder people. Absolutely horrendous for him - a double trauma - and I hope he’s getting appropriate support, but calling the police actions in this particular situation racist is a stretch.

myrtleWilson · 03/11/2025 07:32

@Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim please can you link to police statement saying they were considering possibility of Islamist terror attack?

twistyizzy · 03/11/2025 07:33

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:23

You do not dictate to me what I do or don’t need to do.

We all saw her posts on the other thread. You’re welcome to go and read them. Insisting that this attack cannot be by a British man and must be by a Muslim immigrant is racist. Like it or not.

I am on several historical and live threads with @EasternStandard and they have never, ever expressed any rascist comments or beliefs. You are twisting their words to suit the narrative you've spun yourself about them.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:34

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:29

The police never once said it was a Muslim terrorist incident.

They activated operation plato (this is a point agreed upon by all parties), and as soon as it became clear it wasn’t a terrorist incident they rescinded that.

They have then come out and said that there are no indications that this is a terror incident. Eyewitnesses report that the perpetrator was shouting “kill me” when he had been tasered, which again suggests mental health as being the underlying cause, but for some reason people still refuse to accept that.

So they did initially work with the hypothesis that it COULD BE A TERROR THREAT or they couldn’t have rescinded it.

Leavesfalling · 03/11/2025 07:34

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:28

People are allowed to have concerns about Farage.

People in Germany probably thought the same about Hitler, that it’s an issue for years away.

Yes of course. But he's not going to be privy to information that Keir Starmer is about the attack as Nigel F is an MP from a party that is not in government. So he's not really relevant at the moment.

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:34

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 03/11/2025 07:34

So they did initially work with the hypothesis that it COULD BE A TERROR THREAT or they couldn’t have rescinded it.

Yes but they have quickly moved away from that assumption. Yet some people on here seem to know more than the police and are still insisting it must be Islamist terrorism, why?

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lifeturnsonadime · 03/11/2025 07:34

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:30

Yes, they have. Go and watch the press conference again.

No they haven't 'confirmed' because they cannot know.

What they said is 'there is nothing to suggest'.

If you can't see the difference between those two statements then I really can't help you.

It may be during their investigations they will be able to confirm it, but less than 24 hours after the incident they would not use that language because there is the possibility that more evidence of motive will come to light.

EasternStandard · 03/11/2025 07:36

WeCouldBeNiceToEachOther · 03/11/2025 07:29

The police never once said it was a Muslim terrorist incident.

They activated operation plato (this is a point agreed upon by all parties), and as soon as it became clear it wasn’t a terrorist incident they rescinded that.

They have then come out and said that there are no indications that this is a terror incident. Eyewitnesses report that the perpetrator was shouting “kill me” when he had been tasered, which again suggests mental health as being the underlying cause, but for some reason people still refuse to accept that.

Since you and pp are ok with Operation Plato

As a reminder

In UK policing, Operation Plato is the national codeword for the emergency services' coordinated response to a marauding terrorist attack (MTA).

A (marauding) terrorist attack by definition is underpinned by an ideology. Do you disagree with this policing approach?

EasternStandard · 03/11/2025 07:37

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:32

😂

About as insightful as your other posts tbf

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:38

twistyizzy · 03/11/2025 07:33

I am on several historical and live threads with @EasternStandard and they have never, ever expressed any rascist comments or beliefs. You are twisting their words to suit the narrative you've spun yourself about them.

She indulged in typical blaming Muslim posts without knowing what has happened, agreeing with a poster that people just expect ’we should just meekly accept Islamic attacks on our soil and shrug our shoulders’, when no one said anything like that.

People need to be responsible and wait for the facts, lest we enter another Southport riot and attack on Muslims.

AnareticDegree · 03/11/2025 07:39

nomas · 03/11/2025 07:30

Quote where the police said Islamic terror or stop lying.

You mean Islamist, surely?

Big difference and that is why basically none of the posters on here are racist, faithist or anything of the kind.

They might be anti-extremist, as any decent human being should be.

The attack bore multiple hallmarks of tactics traditionally used by Islamist terrorists and radicalised mentally ill people and so it is absolutely normal for people to suspect this was the case here.

That doesn't also mean that mentally ill white Anglo-Saxon men don't drive their cars through crowds or commit massively shootings.

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