Incident in Derby City centre, last night

An awful act to commit against random strangers (as I presume?)
I don’t think it will hit the hospitality trade from younger people tho tbh.

Terrible thing to do! Honestly I despair sometimes at humans! Fancy weaponising a car!

I do hope all involved make full & speedy recoveries.

No, I don’t believe this will further damage hospitality. I do remember being working in London during the IRA bombings, I worked in the square mile and we were still out drinking at all hours. It was scary times tbh, I remember a couple of funny little shelters popped up housing a single armed police officer.

I was working up there also Cossy very close to the Tower of London when that was bombed 🤬🤬🤬

I think the difference from then and now is the authorities would get coded warnings of bombs to lessen the injuries but still cause disruption.

Don’t think any of the current terrorist organisations, lone wolf or those with mental health issues are likely to ring up and let the police know their intentions.

I was quite shaken by this from a personal point of view.

I lived in Derby until i was 20 and Friargate (where it happened) was where all the trendy pubs were.

Coincidentally, DD1 now lives on that side of town and the area had developed into an area of bars and restaurants - lots of night life. I have checked and both DGC are home safe and sound but could so easily have been in that area on a night out.

My son lives on that street. It was very frightening seeing the news about it. It is a very trendy area where lots of people go for a night out.
I managed to contact my son and he is okay.

I hope all the victims recover well.

I didn’t realise how busy that area is. Don’t really go there since Bennett’s closed down. A few weeks ago someone was arrested wielding a knife down Sadler Gate, an area where they often have family friendly evening events. Mind you years ago when my kids used to go to Nottingham a lot knife crime was terrible even then. However weaponising of cars has taken this sort of thing to a whole new level.

All the police say is that the perpetrator is from India. The motive isn’t established as yet.

This is another shocking incident involving a car driving into pedestrians

I hope all those injured make a good recovery.

Invariably and with the exception of the Liverpool football parade incident, it is usually to do with foreign nationals with an axe to grind over political events and is often linked with terrorism. According to the UK's Counter Terrorism, online media actively incites followers to use a car as a weapon. It is a method of attack which is available to many people and as we have seen far too many times both here and abroad it can cause absolute and indiscriminate carnage.
If the drivers of these weaponised cars hate Britain so much then just drive your car to the nearest port or airport and clear off somewhere else.

Sarnia, I think you are wrong about Hostile Vehicle Attacks.

To better deal with the threat posed by HVA, three factors must be considered: First, the “normalization” of vehicles as weapons since 2015; second, there is now enough data available to recognize HVA patterns; and third, terrorism is not the main motivation, but rather everyday crime, such as domestic violence.

trendsresearch.org/insight/hostile-vehicle-attacks-attack-profiles-and-trends/?hl=en-GB#:~:text=To%20better%20deal%20with%20the,crime%2C%20such%20as%20domestic%20violence.

I suppose the reason so many people think (incorrectly) that these terrible events are terrorism is because Counter-Terrorism Police take the lead on any incident where a car hits a crowd. This is a procedural precaution only.

​They generally investigate, find no political motive, and hand the case back to local police for "Attempted Murder" charges.

I suppose newspapers will inevitably say the scene is being investigated by the Counter-Terrorism unit though!

The driver of the black Suzuki was arrested seven minutes after the incident, with police saying on Sunday that he was “safely stopped” on Station Approach, near the Derwent Bridge and Derby Railway Station.

The 36-year-old suspect is understood to have left the incident on Friar Gate and driven around Derby’s ring road in the direction of Pride Park football stadium in the east of the city.

Derbyshire Constabulary announced the incident in a statement at 11pm on Saturday, making clear that “a man in his 30s was arrested and is in police custody” and saying police did not believe there was any ongoing risk to the public.

NotSpaghetti

*Sarnia*, I think you are wrong about Hostile Vehicle Attacks.

To better deal with the threat posed by HVA, three factors must be considered: First, the “normalization” of vehicles as weapons since 2015; second, there is now enough data available to recognize HVA patterns; and third, terrorism is not the main motivation, but rather everyday crime, such as domestic violence.

trendsresearch.org/insight/hostile-vehicle-attacks-attack-profiles-and-trends/?hl=en-GB#:~:text=To%20better%20deal%20with%20the,crime%2C%20such%20as%20domestic%20violence.

Just mentioning that the incite to use cars as weapons is in full view on terrorism sites and I would hazard a guess that political hatred, religion and terrorism is at the core of the majority of attacks. Hence the Counter Terrorism getting involved. They would hardly be doing their job if they didn't. Have you any statistics on cars being used in domestic violence incidents? I am unable to find any.

How is it helping anybody to speculate?

It's frightening and sad.

Naturally, people want to know the motive in any case like this.

I suspect that you only hear about CT involvement in the news because their presence is "newsworthy." You don't hear about the hundreds of other violent vehicle incidents where local police work alone because they are smaller scale and don't make national headlines.

You say you would hazard a guess that political hatred, religion and terrorism is at the core of the majority of attacks.

Did you read the article I linked to?

NotSpaghetti

I suspect that you only hear about CT involvement in the news because their presence is "newsworthy." You don't hear about the hundreds of other violent vehicle incidents where local police work alone because they are smaller scale and don't make national headlines.

You say you would hazard a guess that political hatred, religion and terrorism is at the core of the majority of attacks.

Did you read the article I linked to?

No, I did not because trends research on your link has very mixed reviews, some saying it is bordering on a scam site and is based in Washington DC.
I prefer to read reports relating closer to home.

I linked to that article because Yan St-Pierre is internationally known in the field.

He is a speaker at lots of global conferences. I've seen him on the BBC and CNN.
I'm sorry you didn't want to read the link.
It was written by him.
Here's something about him (just in case you - or others - are interested) - he's obviously speaking at the international Security Expo later this year - on the topics we were discussing.

www.internationalsecurityexpo.com/speakers/yan-st-pierre?hl=en-GB