Liverpool explosion

[ICTChris]

The Telegraph is reporting that the man killed in the bombing was "of Middle Eastern origin" and was unknown to MI5.  Possibility of the terror threat level being raised.

[Meldrew]

so he's driving a taxi in Liverpool these days

[The Moonster]

3 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

The Telegraph is reporting that the man killed in the bombing was "of Middle Eastern origin" and was unknown to MI5.  Possibility of the terror threat level being raised.

 

[Boghead ranter]

3 hours ago, welshbairn said:

They got people of sound mind to walk into machine gun fire in WW1.

Hobson's Choice - they would have been shot from behind if they hadn't. 

[ICTChris]

I didn't realise it was the sixth anniversary of the Paris attacks today.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

39 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

I didn't realise it was the sixth anniversary of the Paris attacks today.

Have you no heart?  I’ve a wall chart  (A1) with all terrorist atrocities against white westerners on my wall at work.
 

[HibeeJibee]

3 hours ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Could be a shite bomb, could be the way it was packed that the main force of the bomb distributed the blast into the back seats? Could have been wired shite, maybe made incorrectly, wont know for a while. Remember that one they found on a train in a bag for life that had potential to be a big bomb but was made crap.

Can't find where it got mentioned again, but seemingly they think it may just have been the detonator that went off not the full intended bomb. If so that's the luckiest cabbie alive right there.

Don't see why the extremist would set if off inside the taxi as it pulled up unless he expected a bigger blast; if homemade maybe they got the mix wrong. (Maybe thought he'd been rumbled?).

People do gather outside institutions for 11am silence, or if it's gone off early then perhaps he planned to walk into the maternity hospital and blow-it-up inside. Hardly bears thinking about.

[sparky88]

Why is the terror threat level always raised after a terrorist attack. Surely it would make more sense to raise it before one happens.

[Dev]

We will all have to wait and see what actually happened but could it be that the taxi driver became aware that the terrorist wanted to cause mayhem at the Anglican Cathedral Remembrance Day service so he decided to confine the terrorist to the taxi.

This annoyed the guy so he parked as close as possible to the hospital in the hope that a) he, the driver, could get out before a blast and b) the driver, if injured, would be as close as possible to medical assistance? 

Pure guess work.

Whatever happened, the taxi driver is a hull of a brave man.

[Left Back]

2 minutes ago, Dev said:

We will all have to wait and see what actually happened but could it be that the taxi driver became aware that the terrorist wanted to cause mayhem at the Anglican Cathedral Remembrance Day service so he decided to confine the terrorist to the taxi.

This annoyed the guy so he parked as close as possible to the hospital in the hope that a) he, the driver, could get out before a blast and b) the driver, if injured, would be as close as possible to medical assistance? 

Pure guess work.

Whatever happened, the taxi driver is a hull of a brave man.

He chose wisely if he was pregnant or looking to get pregnant.

[101]

2 minutes ago, sparky88 said:

Why is the terror threat level always raised after a terrorist attack. Surely it would make more sense to raise it before one happens.

You can read about how they are set, Here, but perhaps they have found some other plans or are more concerned about the threat of the anniversary of other attacks.

But they don't always go up after an attack, just like after the MP for Southend was murdered by Terrorists.

[Derry Alli]

11 minutes ago, sparky88 said:

Surely it would make more sense to raise it before one happens.

Then, if they've half a brain, they wouldn't actually go ahead with the attack when security is heightened. 

[welshbairn]

4 minutes ago, Dev said:

We will all have to wait and see what actually happened but could it be that the taxi driver became aware that the terrorist wanted to cause mayhem at the Anglican Cathedral Remembrance Day service so he decided to confine the terrorist to the taxi.

This annoyed the guy so he parked as close as possible to the hospital in the hope that a) he, the driver, could get out before a blast and b) the driver, if injured, would be as close as possible to medical assistance? 

Pure guess work.

Whatever happened, the taxi driver is a hull of a brave man.

According to the cops the passenger asked to be taken to the hospital, which the driver did. Then the bomb went off and the driver miraculously survived and was able to leave the car. Horrific experience for the driver but not necessarily heroic. 

[101]

1 minute ago, Mr. Alli said:

they've half a brain

They have failed to make a blast big enough to ruin the perspex screen inside a taxi, I think they might be idiots.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

14 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said:

Can't find where it got mentioned again, but seemingly they think it may just have been the detonator that went off not the full intended bomb. If so that's the luckiest cabbie alive right there.

Don't see why the extremist would set if off inside the taxi as it pulled up unless he expected a bigger blast; if homemade maybe they got the mix wrong. (Maybe thought he'd been rumbled?).

People do gather outside institutions for 11am silence, or if it's gone off early then perhaps he planned to walk into the maternity hospital and blow-it-up inside. Hardly bears thinking about.

If thats the case then he is lucky, im shite at physics but i know that some of them are designed to explode with the full force of them sending shrapnel, if worn as a backpack then the driver was protected by the passengers body and his seat and the rear seat soaking up the blast, if it was a dodgy bomb then its really lucky, think most likely the bomb would be designed to be worn standing up in a crowded place to maximise damage. 
My theory and its genuinely only a theory, based on the reporting, taxi driver was probably a bit spooked by the boys behaviour then looking in the mirror or whatever makes out what he thinks was a bomb and sped up to the hospital to try and run away in an open area near to where he’d quickly get help, bomber has realised this and pannicked setting the bomb off or a malfunction occurred with him maybe trying to stop the driver from getting out to grass him in. 

9 minutes ago, sparky88 said:

Why is the terror threat level always raised after a terrorist attack. Surely it would make more sense to raise it before one happens.

So for this one, they dont seem to have had prior intel on the guy, which means they dont have an assessment on if he’s working alone, then you take account of other factors like the Aimes attack and maybe other intelligence that they have with terrorist groups encouraging attacks or something. Its a reasonable step to increase it just now. 

[HibeeJibee]

11 minutes ago, Dev said:

Whatever happened, the taxi driver is a hull of a brave man.

Apparently his mates consider him quite stern, but if acted as heroically as claimed he should definitely take a bow.

[falkirkthebigclub]

I heard the passenger was an Afghan.

Probably one of Pen Farthing's dugs.

[Florentine_Pogen]

So, have Sevco invited the taxi driver to interview yet.?

[Sergeant Wilson]

8 hours ago, Newbornbairn said:

Apparently they called the cab to their home address. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

Anyone who calls themselves Pen Farthing should be put in a taxi and blown up.