yeah, if you've seen the cctv footage the explosion happens as soon as the taxi arrives at the hospital.
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Monday, 15 November 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
mans gonna need a new air freshener for his cab
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 15 November 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
I thought I heard on the radio this morning that the device didn't explode properly, something about the detonator going off but not the complete load of explosives.
― calzino, Monday, 15 November 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
I often overlook that in the big cities there are lots of white taxi drivers and of that ranting racist taxi driver stereotype. There are very few white ones where I live, perhaps even none at the moment. The most fascist taxi driver I ever encountered was a sikh with a brummie accent who had R4 on and was complaining that they never talk about Hitler's good policies. He was a real oddball. I bet if it had been an Asian taxi driver who was the hero of the hour, he'd have been handcuffed to the hospital bed!
Yes, I think it was only the detonator went off, hence the fact that the taxi driver is sitting at home just now with his feet up watching Escape To The Country.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 15 November 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
― suggest bainne (gyac), Monday, 15 November 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
here is that thin line between successfully causing terror, death, mayhem and just blowing your bollox off in the back of a taxi!
― calzino, Monday, 15 November 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
The story now is he didn't lock the doors and the explosion happened while he was still in the taxi.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, November 15, 2021 9:46 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Aha, OK. I was asking earlier because I wasn't understanding the described events.
― Evan, Monday, 15 November 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
Women's hospital? If this happened in the US, I'd figure that it was an antiabortion attack.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
Not the intended target.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 15 November 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Though you're right that in the US it might have been!
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 15 November 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
It's more well known as a maternity hospital anyway, iirc
― kinder, Monday, 15 November 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
This story gets weirder. It seems like the hospital might have been the target after all. The bomber was a Christian convert who'd been sectioned before. Why did he get a taxi at all? He only lived a mile away from the hospital, he could have walked there.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:11 (two years ago) link
A taxi just this once, as a treat
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:17 (two years ago) link
what could possibly go wrong
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
jesus wept
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:44 (two years ago) link
A Conservative councillor has apologised after a tweet was posted from his account which mocked the Liverpool terror attack.The tweet, sent by Paul Nickerson, who is an Conservative councillor in East Riding in Yorkshire, included an image of the taxi on fire after the explosion that occurred outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Sunday.But an image of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had been superimposed and made to appear to be walking towards the flaming wreckage of the car.
The tweet, sent by Paul Nickerson, who is an Conservative councillor in East Riding in Yorkshire, included an image of the taxi on fire after the explosion that occurred outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Sunday.
But an image of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had been superimposed and made to appear to be walking towards the flaming wreckage of the car.
some of those with advanced Corbyn derangement syndrome find this kind of meme extremely hilarious. I should add in the shopped pic Corbyn is holding a wreath, presumably for his dear friend Emad Al Swealmeen.
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link