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Old 19-12-2016, 20:06
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Sadly it was deliberate.

Families are going to be burying their loved over Christmas.

It just never ends does it?
God knows why Germany gets it in the neck so much from terrorists, when it doesn't go on Blair/Bush style Middle Eastern adventures, and its been so hospitable to Syrian refugees.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:08
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Sadly for me? I don't really have a vested interest either way. I was attempting to point out that a large part of terrorism is living in fear. The main part, in fact.
If a terrorist attack happens then people will naturally want to discuss it.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:08
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Driver fleeing is quite worrying.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:08
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I think we already know who YOU want it it to be.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:08
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German media: Police say first indications are that it was an attack on a Christmas market.

The truck deliberately drove onto the pavement.

Several killed, at least 50 injured

Sky News
Bloody awful.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:09
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Reuters on Twitter are reporting several killed and up to 50 injured.

https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=...Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:09
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Really hoping this isn't what it looks like.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:10
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Just listening on the radio now ; german police saying it is a deliberate attack.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:11
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Am hoping it was "just" an accident.
Maybe the driver had a heart attack or blacked out, like the Glasgow bin lorry tradegy.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:12
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38373867

Will be interesting to learn who the suspect is. Homegrown or part of Merkel's refugee invitation program.
Is that really the first thing you think about.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:12
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I think we already know who YOU want it it to be.

I would like it to be accident. I don't want Merkel out of power. With Renzi and Hollande going - Europe is losing its elites fast.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:13
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Maybe the driver had a heart attack or blacked out, like the Glasgow bin lorry tradegy.
and was able to flee the scene?
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:13
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Maybe the driver had a heart attack or blacked out, like the Glasgow bin lorry tradegy.
He must have recovered pretty quickly then considering he has fled the scene
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:13
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Fox News cutting to Sky News coverage- Sky News have a witness who was at the scene, recounting what she saw.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:13
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RIP to the victims.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:13
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Is that really the first thing you think about.
This is Digitalspy, of course it's the first thing people think about.

And you'll be able to smell the disapointment in the air if it isn't a Muslim.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:14
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That poor woman witnessing it (Sky)
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:14
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If a terrorist attack happens then people will naturally want to discuss it.
No shit. Try re-reading my posts.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:14
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Shepard Smith: "Authorities at the scene are now saying this was a planned attack, and that this was not an accident"
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:14
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Is that really the first thing you think about.
On the general forum, I simply wrote RIP in their topic on the same incident. This is the political forum. So I started a thread on the political implications.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:14
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Hoping it's not linked to terrorism, what a dreadful thing to happen.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:15
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9 people dead according to the police

https://twitter.com/polizeiberlin/st...40347006197760
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:15
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No shit. Try re-reading my posts.
I have, They are ludicrous. Anyway lets discuss the actual topic now and not derail from this awful news in Germany.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:16
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Shepard Smith: "Authorities at the scene are now saying this was a planned attack, and that this was not an accident"
Listening to a witness on Sky just now... it sounds deliberate.
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Old 19-12-2016, 20:16
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I have, They are ludicrous. Anyway lets discuss the actual topic now and not derail from this awful news in Germany.
Well said.

I despair on here sometimes.

British witness said the truck ploughed into the middle of the market at high speed.

Accident my arse.
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