Why is what’s happening in Leicester secret?

[GrandmaMazur]

I just saw a news alert about a very serious incident that happened last night in Leicester and the area is cordoned off with a heavy police presence. But there are no details available.

I don’t remember seeing a news story like this before where nothing about the actual incident is reported. Does this happen regularly and I’ve not noticed or is this quite unusual?

I hope it’s nothing too awful.

It's one thing to speculate privately and wonder what's going on, maybe discuss it with people near to you but posting wild theories on Social media is another. I think that's what the police mean when they ask people not to speculate.

Don't speculate" tends to mean they're suppressing something that could cause unrest

No, it doesn't! 🙄 Where do you get that from?!
It means don't be gossiping on social media and spreading stuff as fact when you don't really have a clue but just like to pretend you do.
That's just common sense, surely.
Which is sadly lacking in this social media age.

Exactly.

Let’s hope all these concerned citizens are being equally concerned about people like Samir Zitouni….

The name of the victim has been released. So sad.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/05/de-montfort-university-student-victim-fatal-stabbing-leicester

So sad 😔 . Frightening to think this could happen to anybody.

Thank you for that update. How sad for his poor family - just on his way home to watch the football. 😢

Because she thinks brown people being involved must mean it was terrorism, and she believes that Tommy Robinson and some unverified screenshots are a more reliable source than the world renowned Reuters News Agency.

Make of that what you will.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15528261/Police-accused-fuelling-wild-speculation-mass-stabbings-18-hours-complete-secrecy-student-death.html

The victim, aged 20, was attacked at 5pm on Tuesday close to De Montfort University (DMU) campus in Leicester city centre.
Leicestershire police did not publish a press release until 11.30am [Wednesday] and only after the university had confirmed a 'very serious incident had taken place.

@Floatlikeafeather2 should put them straight! 🙄

RIP Khaleed. I wish his friends and families peace and strength through what must be a horrendous nightmare for all of them.

Now that some people know his name and what he looks like, all of a sudden the "what are they keeping from us" conspiracy theorists will slink away quietly.

Condolences to Khaleed's family

If something like this happened outside your house the police would almost certainly be knocking on your door and asking if you saw anything and likely give you a bit of an idea about what happened.

These people are cunts and they prove it ever day.

Absolute twats.

Since records began being recorded in 2003; so not that impressive tbh. Ten years earlier I imagine deaths by stabbing were fewer.
Statistics are misrepresented and often used to further agendas. Examples; gender being asked for, rather than sex, by the ONS, meaning the last census’s sex data was useless. Female victims of either rape or domestic murder were simply not recorded when the victims were over a certain age, skewing statistics and minimising the crime.

RIP the victim of yet another stabbing. More devastation for the victim and his family.

Charges have been brought: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2186rqj9o

For the racist "I'm just asking questions" people trying to find a bone to chew on:

• The victim's name is Khaleed Oladipo. Just going by that (which is of course a terrible idea) I'm guessing there's an 80% chance he was a Muslim, and an 80% chance his father was of Nigerian origin. Not that that changes anything, of course. If you are a real racist then perhaps you'll be rejoicing at the death of a <insert slur(s) of your choice here>.
• The charged man's name is Harper Dennis, from West Drayton. 95% chance he is not a Muslim. Probably some % chance he is or is not White British. Again, fill in with your own prejudices.

So, just another random crime in a multi-cultural society, probably committed by a young man, possibly with a trouble past and/or excess testosterone. It probably tells us nothing about race or religion. Any racists here, go back to your grumbling.

My thoughts and sympathies go to the family and friends of Mr Oladipo. How awful for them. Here's hoping that they see justice be done.

My expectations of a sudden, deafening silence from the "let's all guess the demographics of the perpetrator" rent-a-mob are reinforced.

But if female victims of domestic murder used to not be recorded but now they are, surely that would mean that murder statistics would go up rather than down? Or are you simply grasping at straws to reinforce your baseless views about the reality of crime statistics?

Eg, you say that you "imagine" that ten years before 2003 that deaths by stabbings were lower but you've got no basis for that other than what you have invented in your own head?