Huntingdon was a lone wolf attack

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

Well colour me surprised. Colour me absolutely shocked and startled. No doubt he’ll get given some tablets that ha won’t take and be out sharing a train carriage with you in a few years. You can give him a cuddle.

We really do need to re-open the asylums.

The rights of the majority to walk the streets safely is massive. The right of people with serious and not-well managed mental health conditions that can lead to violence to walk the streets is (IMHO as a liberal) very very small.

He was obsessed with ultra violence of all sorts. There was no evidence presented that he was radicalized by Islam. He was/is obsessed with violence.

BTP has posted a statement: https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/man-charged-in-connection-to-major-incident-at-huntingdon-station--cambridgeshire/

In addition to the train incident, the suspect is being charged with a separate count of attempted murder at a DLR station in London earlier that day.

We really don't need to incarcerate tens of thousand of people just in case one of them commits a crime.

We need to fund our mental health services properly.

That poster was talking about the innocent Jewish man who was shot dead by police during the synagogue attack.

Baffled by his motive.

I suspect there wasn't one that any sane healthy person would be able to understand. Unconfirmed reports are suggesting he was a known character in the Peterborough area and was very unwell.

He has MH issues so no motive .
He probably believed he was in some sort of danger, its not unusual for peeople with some MH conditions to think that

It’s terrifying

Does seem like the horrific Notts incident.

And also looking at other possible linked offences.

I hope when this all settles down there’s an investigation into why he wasn’t stopped earlier.

what can it find? Mental health services are seriously underfunded and this is what happens.

I don’t think trauma works like that. If he doesn’t suffer severe PTSD after this I’d be astonished.

I agree. I said that it was why there were suggestions that he’d been radicalised by Islam, whereas in reality it was simply a case of a young man obsessed with violence. Like the school shooters in the US.

The simple answer is that mental health services and policing in this country are severely underfunded.

We therefore end up with horrifically tragic incidents like the Nottingham attack and now, apparently, this train attack, which could be prevented with better support at an early stage and more resources to tackle problems before they escalate.

Get a basic child’s dictionary

You think additional funding would help in situations where someone with say, schizophrenia, refuses to take medication?

It’s an incredibly common challenge. Just wondering how you envisage better funding helping with these kinds of situations?

Well, yes. Because better funding would mean more space for dedicated inpatient treatment and for better community care to help them engage.

More beds available in mental health units to enable those who need it to be sectioned, would be a start. There is a severe lack of staffing, beds, and other resources.

You think you can just section people because they refuse to take medication?

Your post makes absolutely no sense based on what I posted !

What training are you suggesting ? That police officers be re-trained in their thinking such that they instantly believe anyone who says "it wasn't me".

You can if refusing that medication makes them a danger to other people.

They can if they're refusing to take medication and pose a risk to themselves or others as a result, yes.

What’s terrifying?