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Omaha Steve

(99,829 posts)
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 08:12 AM Aug 2021

Britain's worst mass shooting in more than a decade leaves 6 dead, including suspected gunman

Source: Washington Post

By Jennifer Hassan

LONDON — Six people, including a suspected gunman, are dead and an investigation is underway following what police called a “serious firearms incident” in the city of Plymouth in England; the mass shooting is Britain’s worst in more than a decade.

Witnesses told local media that the gunman was dressed in black and let off shots inside a house before exiting and heading to the streets. Police from Devon and Cornwall counties said in a statement that two women and three men died at the scene, while another female victim died in a hospital shortly after.

“Devon & Cornwall Police would stress this is not a terrorism related incident,” the statement said.

Officers asked members of the public not to share images of the scene on social media.



An investigator carries an evidence bag after a shooting in Plymouth, England, on Aug. 13. (Ben Birchall/AP)

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/13/plymouth-shooting-britain-six-dead/

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Britain's worst mass shooting in more than a decade leaves 6 dead, including suspected gunman (Original Post) Omaha Steve Aug 2021 OP
This is a big f**king deal. UK has such strict gun control laws that even Police no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #1
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 2021 #2
"this is not a terrorism related incident" IronLionZion Aug 2021 #3
White incel trumphumper. niyad Aug 2021 #4
Here's why it's not terrorism IronLionZion Aug 2021 #5
Doesn't seem to be. Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #6
Indeed it does. Nt MrsCheaplaugh Aug 2021 #8
Only 6 dead? lonely bird Aug 2021 #7

no_hypocrisy

(46,266 posts)
1. This is a big f**king deal. UK has such strict gun control laws that even Police
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 08:16 AM
Aug 2021

don't regularly carry firearms.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,078 posts)
2. Yep...
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 09:00 AM
Aug 2021

... thanks for pointing that out. When I mention to my friends and acquaintances that the police in England/UK for the most part do not carry firearms with them, they are shocked.

Phoenix61

(17,023 posts)
6. Doesn't seem to be.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:32 AM
Aug 2021

“We believe we have an incident that is domestically-related, that has spilled into the street and seen several people within Plymouth losing their lives in an extraordinarily tragic circumstance,” Sawyer said.

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