Friday, November 29, 2019

This is what happens when a civilized country like the UK let's Muslim scum enter their country. Muslim morons can't exist without killing people every fucking day.

Somebody at the Wall Street Journal wrote this comment:

Any bets this is either an Islamic radical trying to bring Allah's "peace" to London, or a Labour party fanatic upset that Boris Johnson is about to win approval from voters to make a complete break-away from the oppressive influence of the European Union?

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Wall Street Journal - Knife Attacker Kills Two in Central London Before Police Shoot Him Dead


U.K. police shot dead a suspected terrorist wearing a hoax explosive vest.

In a separate incident, three people were wounded in a stabbing in The Hague, Netherlands.

By Anna Isaac, Jon Sindreu and Sarah McFarlane

Updated November 29, 2019, 3:49 pm ET

BREAKING NEWS:

Three people were wounded in a stabbing on a busy shopping street in The Hague, Netherlands

Terror Attack in London Leaves 2 Dead

LONDON—A terrorist killed two people in a stabbing attack before being shot dead by police, U.K. officials said, unleashing a scene of panic and forcing authorities to lock down an area on the edge of London’s central financial district.

In a separate incident Friday evening, three people were wounded in a stabbing on a busy shopping street in the center of The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch police said the motive wasn’t immediately clear and that the suspect got away.

A call for witnesses described the suspect as a man in his late 40s, with light complexion and wearing a dark coat and a gray tracksuit.

The London attack hit in a busy area near London Bridge, close to the site of a June 2017 rampage in which three knife-wielding men plowed a van into pedestrians and stabbed people in nearby bars and restaurants.

Witnesses described a man with a knife appearing to come out of Fishmongers Hall, a historic building on the north side of London Bridge. According to a video taken by a witness, several bystanders tackled a man to the ground. A police officer ran to the scene and appeared to order the pedestrians away from the man.

Police said the assailant, who was believed to be wearing a hoax explosive device, was shot and died at the scene. They confirmed that the incident was being treated as terrorism.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson cut short campaign appearances ahead of the country’s Dec. 12 election. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said counterterrorism police weren’t looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.

Security was tightened in nearby buildings and there was a heavy police presence in the area around London Bridge. According to a security official, police were sweeping the area for explosives.

The bridge, a busy urban artery that connects the U.K. capital’s central business district to south London, crosses the River Thames just west of the landmark Tower Bridge. Authorities closed London Bridge station for several hours, causing disruption to transport in the capital.

Witnesses described a scene of panic as pedestrians streamed off the bridge, many evacuating from double-decker buses. Enrique Murio, an 18-year-old student, was working on his laptop at the Roasting Plant cafe on the south side of the bridge when a woman ran inside. “She was hysterical, there was a rush of people and I heard tons of screaming. We all ran to the back of the coffee shop and the owner unlocked…the back door to go down to the basement.”

“I heard five or six shots,” said Dimitri Donsimoni, a French tourist who was sitting in a cafe, the Boro Bistro, at the base of the bridge when the incident occurred. “People started running. We ran inside the cafe because we couldn’t tell what was happening…Everyone was running from the bridge.”

Police ordered pedestrians, including a group of children, off the bridge. Police at first were evacuating restaurants and telling people to get away from the bridge area but then later told people to stay inside.

“Get inside the building,” a heavily armed police officer yelled as people barricaded themselves inside Boro Bistro. Police ushered patrons to the back of the restaurant while they locked the doors.

Boro Bistro was one of the locations attacked in 2017.

“It’s the second time so it’s hard to believe that it’s happening again,” said Kouame Abozan, who works as security for Boro Bistro. “I immediately thought it was the same routine as 2017.”

One American tourist, Barry K. Herman, said people in nearby Borough Market were screaming and running as dozens of police cars, sirens wailing, raced toward the bridge.

In a statement, White House spokesman Judd Deere said: “President Trump has been briefed on this morning’s attack at the London Bridge and is monitoring the situation. The United States strongly condemns all horrific acts of violence on innocent people, and we pledge our full support to our Ally, the United Kingdom.”

Mr. Khan paid tribute to the “breathtaking heroism” of members of the public who intervened to restrain the suspect.

“They are the best of us,” he said, adding they couldn’t have known the explosive device the suspect was wearing was a hoax.

The U.K. has suffered a wave of terrorism-related attacks in recent years. In the 2017 London Bridge attack, all three assailants were shot dead by police. Eight people were killed and dozens hospitalized in an assault that interrupted campaigning for a national election.

Also in June 2017, a van struck pedestrians outside a London mosque. Earlier that year, another car attack on London’s Westminster Bridge left five dead. In May 2017, a suicide bomber killed 22 concertgoers in Manchester.

British security services in November lowered their assessment of the risk of a major terrorist attack to “substantial,” the third rung on a five-point scale.

—Sarah McFarlane, Scott Patterson and Alex Frangos contributed to this article.

Write to Anna Isaac at anna.isaac@wsj.com, Jon Sindreu at jon.sindreu@wsj.com and Sarah McFarlane at sarah.mcfarlane@wsj.com

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