It's reported that the police have shot and killed one of the bombers from yesterday. They yelled for by-standers in the subway to get down and then took him out.
During the time of Baader-Meinhof, one of my Army friends was in the airport in Frankfurt when there was a chase and a shoot-out. If the Polizei yelled for people to get down, it was in German, and he didn't understand it. It's a scary thing for most people to see, I'm sure.
I'm glad, however, that the famously mellow British police have been freed to do what they need to do to protect the public. If some witnesses found it horribly upsetting; they'd be a damn sight more upset if they wound up with their guts hanging out due to a bomb.
UPDATE:
Proving that Austin Bay hasn't cornered the cogitation market, Mr. Bingley has thoughts.
UPDATE II:
Lots of breaking news on the investigation over at the BBC log.
Yep. And as much as we'd like it to be, this ain't Mayberry and Andy isn't going to take the perp fishing and cajole him into a better way of thinking...
This is war.
Posted by: pam at July 22, 2005 10:47 AMI do noooooot!
This, madame, is a slur on my character and reputaion.
(reaches for bottle)
Some claret, love?
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 22, 2005 12:57 PMWe, the people of the United States of America, demand that you immediately remove the egregious inference that Bingley is capable of 'thought'. He, madam, is most assuredly not.
Senator I.B.A. Byrd (D-WV)
See: reputaion, above
Posted by: tree hugging sister at July 22, 2005 01:03 PMDidn't mean to slander you, Bingley, but I had to work in the "Austin Bay has thoughts" thing. It makes me feel as peppy as Katie Couric at an abortion rally.
Yes, Pam, they've gotten quite serious. We'll see how this plays out.
Posted by: Donnah at July 22, 2005 01:07 PMIndeed.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 22, 2005 01:08 PMTook an after lunch look at the logs and wondered what the heck was going on. Should have assumed thoughts were behind it all.
Posted by: marc at July 22, 2005 01:12 PMThat Austin Bay has really started something if even old Bingley would try his hand at it, denials aside.
Posted by: Donnah at July 22, 2005 01:15 PMHey, I may get to the party late, but I get there eventually.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 22, 2005 02:14 PMWhy did they shoot him he was prob ably a 'railway enthusiast' do ing some train spotting
Posted by: Drago at July 22, 2005 10:15 PMAbout yer bud in the Frankfurt airport, German language and all...you know, if I'm ever in an airport, train station or other similar, and everyone in the crowds around me suddenly hits the ground after ANYthing is yelled out, in ANY language, whether or not I understand what they've said, I'm thinking I'm going to almost certainly also hit the concrete/terrazzo/tiles/carpeting. Sometimes you don't need to know the language to get the point, all things considered.
Posted by: -S- at July 23, 2005 06:35 AM