Southport | 9 year old girl confirmed as third victim

[Scaley]

I live out in the sticks here and I absolutely love it but I’ve worked SE postcodes in London for last 2 years and it was strange feeling uneasy for the first time as a grown man
It was a different world than I’d grown up in up here

I was working in Croydon last month and I was back in my hotel before dark, people think I’m joking when I said I felt safer walking in and around the back streets of Naples in the early hours than I did in Croydon at half eight at night.

 

[Nellies left peg]

This country is not safe to walk around anymore. These random attacks prove it as they can happen absolutely anywhere. I fear for this nation and honestly believe people will start taking things in their own hands as governments don’t seem willing to address the issues. Where I live you would like to think you were pretty safe but there has been an incident here today outside the Roman baths

 

[LWashington]

First I can remember was Hungerford

First I can remember was Barry Williams, only because he ended up in Buxton.

 

[bluemc1]

I was working in Croydon last month and I was back in my hotel before dark, people think I’m joking when I said I felt safer walking in and around the back streets of Naples in the early hours than I did in Croydon at half eight at night.

Yeah worked Croydon, was doing the gas assessments on the engineers who worked on the Galpins Road explosion in Croydon where a little girl lost her life
The engineers are now having to attend in unmarked vans in the area as they were getting pelted when they were seen

 

[jimharri]

I always thought I was against the death penalty but I’m beginning to see some merit in it

The perpetrator of this crime doesn't deserve to live, and be kept in prison, at the taxpayers' expense.

 

[Nellies left peg]

The perpetrator of this crime doesn't deserve to live, and be kept in prison, at the taxpayers' expense.

How much does it cost to keep these scum alive? Lee Rigbys killers, Levi Bellfield that twat Cannan all drains on society who will never be released

 

[meltonblue]

Twitter is a complete fucking cesspit tonight.

Devastated to see this happen today. Those of us who've had young kids (especially daughters) will know how excited they'll have been to go to a special taylor swift dance event, the girls organising it will have been excited for the kids, parents or guardians go to work smiling and then that happens. Heartbreaking.

Twitter is a cesspit most of the time but particularly tonight, the amount of people that read something on there and take it as true is so worrying.

Echo your sentiment there completely, heartbreaking is the right word.

 

[i kne albert davy]

The perpetrator of this crime doesn't deserve to live, and be kept in prison, at the taxpayers' expense.

The right minded know that, alas lunatics have been running the asylum.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Twitter is a cesspit most of the time but particularly tonight, the amount of people that read something on there and take it as true is so worrying.

Echo your sentiment there completely, heartbreaking is the right word.

How many people have been affected? Not just the parents but everyone who knows these poor youngsters. It is a tragedy that hopefully very few of us will ever get to experience

 

[jimharri]

Twitter is a complete fucking cesspit tonight.

Devastated to see this happen today. Those of us who've had young kids (especially daughters) will know how excited they'll have been to go to a special taylor swift dance event, the girls organising it will have been excited for the kids, parents or guardians go to work smiling and then that happens. Heartbreaking.

"tonight"? It's always like that.

 

[smiler1234uk]

It must be incredibly difficult right now. We are all deeply sorry for what your community has experienced today

Thank you - the screams from mothers will be with me for a long time

 

[Dawsenna]

One question for everyone here who lives in the UK is - do you feel safe? As for about the last 10 years I certainly flipping don't and I can't see a solution that wouldn't either be called far right or far left.

In my local village yes for now in the bigger cities and towns absolutely no

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

How could a 17 year old lad,barely a kid himself, do this to defenceless little children? It's absolutely barbarism beyond words. This morning I got message from my daughter saying her, mum and sister were going to the beach. I didn't get told which one. When I heard this story in car at 3pm I was a very worried dad for half hour or so not knowing which beach they were at. My daughter called me back and I felt so relieved. Might sound a bit neurotic but I was very worried thinking what ifs. Fortunately they went somewhere other than the beach. If you've got kids, give them a huge kiss n cuddle tonight, there's at least 2 sets of parents in Southport who will never get that chance again. RIP angels.

 

[manimanc]

Unfortunate that some are using this as a point scoring exercise for the own personal political views, especially without the facts being known.

The commentary here should be about those who have lost their lives and those who are hurt etc.

I have to be honest, events like this give me extreme social anxiety. I’ve got two young children and I’m on edge when we’re in public places. I also worry about them at nursery because of nutters like this. Even reading about the idiots on the roads makes me concerned about the car journeys on days out. The missus thinks I worry too much but it’s hard not to when you just want to protect your children.

I'm the same mate. It heightens my anxiety 10 fold, you literally drive yourself mad thinking out scenarios and imagining it's coming to you.
Hate stuff like this. I remember the time of Madeline McCann going missing, we was due to go on holiday but I didn't want to go, I was sure something was going to happen.

My mental state today is on the floor, it's been a beautiful day, full of sunshine yet all I've wanted to do is cry.

 

[hammocity]

How could a 17 year old lad,barely a kid himself, do this to defenceless little children? It's absolutely barbarism beyond words. This morning I got message from my daughter saying her, mum and sister were going to the beach. I didn't get told which one. When I heard this story in car at 3pm I was a very worried dad for half hour or so not knowing which beach they were at. My daughter called me back and I felt so relieved. Might sound a bit neurotic but I was very worried thinking what ifs. Fortunately they went somewhere other than the beach. If you've got kids, give them a huge kiss n cuddle tonight, there's at least 2 sets of parents in Southport who will never get that chance again. RIP angels.

Too right, RIP, sad beyond words.

 

[meltonblue]

How many people have been affected? Not just the parents but everyone who knows these poor youngsters. It is a tragedy that hopefully very few of us will ever get to experience

Not just those that know them too, at times like this I think primarily of those closest to them but then anyone in public services dealing with the situation, be it the police or the paramedics, nurses and doctors. Anyone close to an incident like this, I am in complete awe of them and hope they get the support they need too.

Truly devastating.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Southport. Went often as a kid, the boating lake, model village, fish & chips on Lord St., then as an adult the cricket at Birkdale. All quite pleasant if a bit dull. That's what Southport meant till today. Hope it will be again.

 

[bluemc1]

Not just those that know them too, at times like this I think primarily of those closest to them but then anyone in public services dealing with the situation, be it the police or the paramedics, nurses and doctors. Anyone close to an incident like this, I am in complete awe of them and hope they get the support they need too.

Truly devastating.

unbelievable they are, what those paramedics would have arrived too today, they genuinely cannot get enough praise and credit for what they do

 

[jimharri]

I can’t begin to comprehend what those affected households are going through tonight. Or what's ahead of them in the coming days. Sleep well, little ones.

 

[mackenzie]

I can’t begin to comprehend what those affected households are going through tonight. Or what's ahead of them in the coming days. Sleep well, little ones.

Horrendous isn't it.
Those poor children and their families, and also the two adults who are also critically ill.
A normal morning and then that.