Soldier in uniform stabbed

As a parent of a serving Officer in our armed forces, this brings me out in goose bumps of fear.

Lee Rigby wasn’t so lucky to survive…

How terrifying that this attack happened outside the soldier’s home. My son in law was also in the armed forces. Hopefully, he will recover.

I’ve just heard that at the moment police are not treating this as a terror attack. I’m unsure what other motive anyone would have to attack and try to kill a soldier, dressed in uniform, outside army barracks.

I agree maddyone. It's a truly shocking attack.

BBC2 Radio 2 news have just said the police arrested someone in connection with this horrific attack.

Yes, I heard they caught him about twenty minutes after the attack.
If it’s not a terror attack, I sincerely hope he doesn’t get away with ‘mental health issues’ because it sounds very planned to me, and very targeted.

I hope the soldier pulls through. What a dreadful thing to happen.

Yes another Lee Rigby case.
During the years of an active IRA the military were not permitted to wear any uniform or fatigues out of the base.
I think we are heading there again b

Any unprovoked attack on our military personnel should be viewed as terror related and punished accordingly . If a soldier is hurt this badly what else are you supposed to call it.

The attacker’s face is all over the internet.

TwiceAsNice

Any unprovoked attack on our military personnel should be viewed as terror related and punished accordingly . If a soldier is hurt this badly what else are you supposed to call it.

Depends on who is reporting on it.

The truth is no longer sufficient for some.

Manipulating words seems to appeal quite a lot these days.

I'm very sad to read this news, I do wish him and his family well.

The police are still saying this is not a terror attack, it’s a mental health issue attack. Frankly that’s rubbish in my opinion. The targeting of a soldier wearing uniform, outside the barracks! Really! No, I’m not having it.

The attacker could be an ex or current soldier, it could be a personal grudge, it could be a paranoid schizophrenic. It could be any number of scenarios, including terrorism. Why waste energy catastrophising before we are informed of the true situation?

maddyone

The police are still saying this is not a terror attack, it’s a mental health issue attack. Frankly that’s rubbish in my opinion. The targeting of a soldier wearing uniform, outside the barracks! Really! No, I’m not having it.

It could be personal - attacking a soldier outside his barracks is like attacking a civilian outside his house.

I saw Anne Diamond on TV this morning announcing this sad news. She was visibly shaken and close to tears as one of her sons is a soldier.

It definitely brings it a lot closer to home. My son was a serving soldier when Lee Rigby was murdered, and I still have a number of friends whose sons are in the forces. My thoughts go out to this poor man and his family.

Apparently the police are treating it not as a terror attack but a mental health incident.

Casdon

The attacker could be an ex or current soldier, it could be a personal grudge, it could be a paranoid schizophrenic. It could be any number of scenarios, including terrorism. Why waste energy catastrophising before we are informed of the true situation?

not good to speculate, apparently!

There’s a difference between speculating and catastrophising lemsip. Speculating is considering a range of options, catastrophising is jumping to the worst possible scenario and assuming that’s what happened.

I think the worst scenario has already happened to this poor soldier. The only thing that could happen that is worse is that he might die. Let’s hope not, and that he recovers and is healthy again. I should think he will have some mental issues when he recovers and he will need some tender care and very good councelling to help him cope.

Yes maddyone I'm in total agreement.

Casdon

The attacker could be an ex or current soldier, it could be a personal grudge, it could be a paranoid schizophrenic. It could be any number of scenarios, including terrorism. Why waste energy catastrophising before we are informed of the true situation?

Why waste energy on this post casdon?

Surely we dont need help to self censor just yet?

You’re right Namsnanny. Since the social media furore about Nicola Bulley, which really upset me because it resulted in things about her being disclosed which will haunt her family, and was so far off the mark, I’ve been hyper sensitive towards people making assumptions which hurt the person, or family, before proven. It happened again with Jay Slater, I cringed at the things some people said on Gransnet and more widely. This thread threatened to go the same way, which was why I said what I did. I should have kept quiet.