Posted on 09/06/2020 3:09:39 AM PDT by NachOsten
Police have declared a major incident in Birmingham city centre following reports of multiple stabbings.
West Midlands Police say they were called to reports of a stabbing in the city centre at 12:30am.
In a statement, the force said: "We immediately attended, along with colleagues from the ambulance service."A number of other stabbings were reported in the area shortly after.
"We are aware of a number of injured people, but at the moment we are not in a position to say how many or how serious.
"However, all emergency services are working together at the scene, and making sure that those who are injured receive medical care.
"This has been declared a major incident.
"Work is still going on to establish what has happened, and could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything.
"At this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the incident."
West Midlands Police said there had not been any reports of gunshots during the incident.
The force said: "We're aware of some comments that gunshots were fired, this has not been reported to us at this stage."
The majority of Hurst Street, which runs past the Arcadian, has been taped off by police on Sunday morning, in an area which had already been closed off to traffic to aid social distancing.
Several yellow police evidence markers could be seen on the ground, some near to broken glass.
Two forensic tents had also been sited in nearby Irving Street, close to the gates of a primary school.
Wait, gunshots were heard? Did Mayor Lightweight of Chicago exported Chicago’s guns to Birmingham? As the NRA said, ‘When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns’, so I guess the UK have outlaws that have guns...
“with one man having his hair ripped out.”
It ain’t a true ghetto fight until someone loses a weave.
If this really happened in Birmingham people would have been shot.
diversity is their strength...
Mohammad just doing the slash work Brits won’t do.
“Major incident in Birmingham following ‘multiple stabbings’”
That’s odd. You’d think that ‘multiple stabbings’ WOULD be the major incident. A major incident happened after the stabbings?
“ Witnesses to the incident have said it appeared to be one group of boys fighting against another group of boys.
Eyewitnesses also said they heard racial slurs during the incident, adding it was a “multicultural night” in the clubs near the Arcadia complex.
Witnesses said that drinks were being dropped, rings were falling off, jewellery was going everywhere and clothes were being torn, with one man having his hair ripped out.”
Fashion fight in the gay village?
Fashion, turn to the left
Fashion, turn to the right
Oo, fashion
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Beep-beep, beep-beep
Another had his eyes scratched out.
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