Grym says:
As soon as i read the original story I thought it'd most likely be a criminal on criminal attack rather than some random event. Then I read this bit...
A worker at the HMV music store, which is opposite McDonald's, said: "I heard that first they stabbed him and then lunged back at him and slashed his throat. I can't believe someone would do this in broad daylight. It could have happened to anyone of us. It could have happened to me. It's crazy."
...and it made me really angry and ranty so I walked away from the thread. But now I'm hungover I feel like calling out this HMV employee as a stupid cock, buying into this whole climate of fear that the media happily spew out at any given chance. What's that Daily Mail? We'll all be stabbed to death by immigrants and criminals by the year 2012? OH NOES!!!!!!!! The truth of the matter is these types of attacks are mostly gang/criminal on gang/criminal. Sure there are random attacks occurring but at a much lower percentage than our media overlords would have you believe. So fuck you Mr HMV, it could have happened to you but unless your involved in criminal activity and inter gang pissing contests then it's a pretty slim chance. You could get hit by hot hail sent from Mongo itself by Ming the Merciless but you probably won't.
Wow, that was a lot more pointless and ranty than expected. Sweet.
This article too (most recent thisislondon link) is worded to gain maximum shock value, apparently the stabee's previous victim had caustic soda poured on her, pretty fucking nasty, but the headline says "HORRIFIC ACID GANG RAPE". Surely you can't get any less acidic than caustic soda? It should read "HORRIFIC ALKALI GANG RAPE" but that wouldn't catch the eye as well or make people hate the guy as much, so they lie. Seems the guy was involved in some pretty nefarious activities though, we're better off without these sorts of people.