Serious incident in Glasgow

[Guest JTS98]

It's sad how stories like this grow arms and legs and rumour becomes fact etc etc.

We'll probably know nothing worth knowing about the circumstances here for hours, maybe days. The guessing and snowballing of rumour is horrible. People are dead.

[Hillonearth]

7 minutes ago, MONKMAN said:

Some fud who’s phoned into bbc news just claimed
“in Glasgow we tend to run towards the danger instead of away from it”

Demonstrably false...got the footage to prove it....

[The OP]

1 minute ago, Hillonearth said:

Demonstrably false...got the footage to prove it....

Quite clearly Boston. Look at the yellow taxis.

[Tutankhamen]

Need the fitba back........NOW

[Tutankhamen]

6 minutes ago, badgerthewitness said:

...unless they're playing Hibs or Aberdeen.

or Motherwell.

In yer dreams.

[H Wragg]

I used to work in Glasgow 5 years ago. It could have been me.

I had my stag night in the pub next door 15 years ago.

[D.A.F.C]

I, too, used to work in an office.

Shared, Antarctica

[just me 2]

Someone pulled a knife on me in a nightclub toilet. It was funny, it was abroad and I couldn’t speak his language and we both knew he wasn’t going to use it but I gave him my watch and money. 

Sounds hilarious

[Newbornbairn]

On the BBC news feed Humza Yousef tweets saying don't spread rumours. The very next line from the BBC is -

 

14:51

Hotel thought to house asylum seekers

Linda Sinclair

BBC Scotland

The incident seemed to happen in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street, which I understand is currently being used to house asylum seekers.

We have heard from the Scottish Police Federation that one police officer has been stabbed and we have unconfirmed reports that three people have died.

I have a friend who works at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary who told me they had prepared for six people coming into the hospital who had been stabbed.

Edited June 26, 2020 by NewBornBairn

[GiGi]

Just now, NewBornBairn said:

On the BBC news feed Humza Yousef tweets saying don't spread rumours. The very next line from the BBC is -

 

14:51

Hotel thought to house asylum seekers

Linda Sinclair

BBC Scotland

The incident seemed to happen in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street, which I understand is currently being used to house asylum seekers.

We have heard from the Scottish Police Federation that one police officer has been stabbed and we have unconfirmed reports that three people have died.

I have a friend who works at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary who told me they had prepared for six people coming into the hospital who had been stabbed.

BBC are Sun-level gutter press. Expect nothing less from them, they love stirring up gammon.

[D.A.F.C]

On the BBC news feed Humza Yousef tweets saying don't spread rumours. The very next line from the BBC is -
 
14:51

Hotel thought to house asylum seekers

Linda Sinclair

BBC Scotland

The incident seemed to happen in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street, which I understand is currently being used to house asylum seekers.

We have heard from the Scottish Police Federation that one police officer has been stabbed and we have unconfirmed reports that three people have died.

I have a friend who works at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary who told me they had prepared for six people coming into the hospital who had been stabbed.

Statue protectors assemble

[Cptn Hooch]

27 minutes ago, The OP said:

Quite clearly Boston. Look at the yellow taxis.

Think it was supposed to e Philadelphia

[Karpaty Lviv]

Suspect dead, police officer serious but stable condition. Six in hospital, including the officer. Tweet by Police Scotland. 

Edited June 26, 2020 by Karpaty Lviv

[Have some faith in Magic]

4 minutes ago, Karpaty Lviv said:

Suspect dead, police officer serious but stable condition. Six in hospital, including the officer. Tweet by Police Scotland. 

Tweet says critical but stable for the police officer. 

I wonder if the BBC have been reporting pish saying three folk dead? 

Edited June 26, 2020 by Have some faith in Magic

[Karpaty Lviv]

Just now, Have some faith in Magic said:

Tweet says critical but stable for the police officer. 

Have the BBC been reporting pish saying three folk dead? 

Used the wrong word there, apologies.

[GiGi]

1 minute ago, Have some faith in Magic said:

Tweet says critical but stable for the police officer. 

I wonder if the BBC been reporting pish saying three folk dead? 

Everyone is reporting 3 dead but obviously you hope that's premature.

[Archie McSquackle]

Can't Johnny Foreigner just let us be the best at ONE thing?

I'm fed up with people talking us down. What about heart disease, low life expectancy or alcohol intake?

[Ross.]

3 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said:

52 minutes ago, BillyAnchor said:

Can't Johnny Foreigner just let us be the best at ONE thing?

I'm fed up with people talking us down. What about heart disease, low life expectancy or alcohol intake?

Glasgow even has an effect named after it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect

[Archie McSquackle]

IIRC that guy also became a “star” because he broke his foot in the act.
As an aside, do you think cops in the US look at the way our police deal with this sort of incident and wonder why we shoot so few people?

Cops are more likely to take the view that a cop has been stabbed and could have probably avoided it if he was armed.

In this case, armed police appear to have arrived on the scene very quickly- are they just routinely stationed in city centres?

[The OP]

Just now, Archie McSquackle said:

Cops are more likely to take the view that a cop has been stabbed and could have probably avoided it if he was armed.

In this case, armed police appear to have arrived on the scene very quickly- are they just routinely stationed in city centres?

Have always assumed that they are, probably near Central.