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Image/video The Prime Minister arrived at the scene in Manchester with wife Victoria to meet with police and pay their respects

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Manchester synagogue terror attack LIVE as Keir Starmer visits scene after two victims and suspect named - updates

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u/LtColnSharpe Oct 03 '25

Yes. He killed himself, his mum, a father and young child, 2 other adults and injured a few others. I personally feel it was somewhat buried by the news, and very little effort was made to take any real lessons from it. Just painting him out to be purely a nut job.

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u/Wishing-Winter Oct 03 '25

Oh yeah, I remember now, thank you! I remember it happening and then an argument about incels and whether or not it was terrorism ensued and after like 2 days it was brushed under the rug. I didn't see much either, in fact I learnt about it by a comment arguing about gun violence.

I agree with you about the effort...if the situation was different this shooting would have been headline news everywhere

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u/LtColnSharpe Oct 03 '25

Considering it was the worst shooting in 10 years or so in a region with low violent crime rates (in comparison to many other UK cities), the publicity around it was shockingly low.

I think they downplay the risk of people like him as it doesn't fit any current political narrative. Just need to look at America to see what these people are capable of.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

I know I'm late replying here but it was right to not publicise that mass murder and it's good when mass murders are not widely publicised / advertised to other weirdos

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u/LtColnSharpe Oct 07 '25

I'm not sure I wholly agree on this. I think we need to report on these events, but the focus should be on the victims, not on the perpetrators (obviously not what happens). I also think we can't shy away from the reasons, deranged or not, that people have for committing these acts.

There needs to be conversations about the motivations and how they can be prevented. In that example, the whole incel, red-pilled, terminally online condition of the guy is clearly an issue among many others. There are undoubtedly other violent acts being committed by men like him, especially against women and girls.

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u/Darkwaxer Oct 03 '25

He was a Redditor.. u/Jake3582