Failed terror attack at the Champs Elysees

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I've not seen any threads on this...sorry if I've missed them. AIBU to think that we have got to the stage where a failed terror attack barely registers now?

It's like we're constantly waiting for the next one

It's the new normal sadly.

Yes.

The arrest outside the Houses of Parliament last week (knife carrying suspect tasered) and the one at Paddington (yesterday) have barely registered too.

Tis nuts.

We had a man apprended with a bag of knives and an axe. He also had explosives and roads were evacuated and trains stopped. This is a small town and a 5 minute walk from my house. Just a mere mention on local news! . The police said not to be alarmed!

Each morning when I wake up, I check the news and I fully expect to see that something terror related has happened over night. It's sadly becoming part of the new 'normal' .

Seasonschooner - you must live close to me. This was yesterday? Not typical of round here at all. Thank goodness for vigilant police services.

It's new order sadly.

I think the government/police/security services withhold details of how many terrorist attacks they stop for fear of provoking more violence.

It does feel like the new normal.

Last year, whenever I got a BBC News alert on my phone I asked myself 'oh no, which famous person has died now?'

This year, it's 'oh no, where is the terrorist attack?'

I remember twenty years ago hearing about bombings and attacks in places like Israel and Beirut and thinking how unthinkably awful it would be to have this sort of thing happen on a daily basis. Sometimes it doesn't feel like we're far away from being the same here...

Not heard anything about that or yesterday

THats what I mean, designedforlife: a guy drives into a police vehicle at the Champs Elysees with a car packed with guns and an explosive device and it's barely mentioned on the news

A very brave police officer had to strip him to check for a suicide vest. What times we live in