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minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·6 days agoThese are crazy high body counts for knife attacks. The car ramming too; 35 dead? WTAF?
minus-squareGetOffMyLan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-26 days agoI remember when London was having Isis van attacks. One attack was on an almost empty street at like 2 o’clock on a Tuesday. I said at the time we’re lucky they’re fucking idiots. If they’d done that at lunch time or rush hour could have been 100s injured or killed easy
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·6 days agoor maybe they’re not idiots, maybe they were forced to do it but wanted to minimize damage.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 days agoConveniently no more than 35 again.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIt’s line the Chernobyl “official” figure
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoPerhaps there are levels of crowding in China that are unlike anything I see on a daily basis. This could be part of it. The knife attack killed 8 and injured 17 more. A physically capable person going nuts in a dense crowd… it’s conceivable. But you’re right these are tragic figures.
These are crazy high body counts for knife attacks. The car ramming too; 35 dead? WTAF?
I remember when London was having Isis van attacks. One attack was on an almost empty street at like 2 o’clock on a Tuesday.
I said at the time we’re lucky they’re fucking idiots. If they’d done that at lunch time or rush hour could have been 100s injured or killed easy
or maybe they’re not idiots, maybe they were forced to do it but wanted to minimize damage.
That seems charitable.
Conveniently no more than 35 again.
It’s line the Chernobyl “official” figure
Perhaps there are levels of crowding in China that are unlike anything I see on a daily basis. This could be part of it.
The knife attack killed 8 and injured 17 more. A physically capable person going nuts in a dense crowd… it’s conceivable.
But you’re right these are tragic figures.