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Finsbury Park van attacker: 'Darren? He's a bloody psycho': Ex-friends say dad-of-four terror suspect who split from partner six months ago is a heavy-drinking brawler who was thrown out of pub for cursing Muslims day before attack
2017-06-20
Attempted suicide by cop with a Muslim escort after his life fell apart?
[DailyMail]
  • The 47-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder and terror charges is named as Darren Osborne, from Cardiff

  • He is accused of driving van into crowd outside Muslim Welfare House near Finsbury Park Mosque at 12.20am

  • Father-of-four was born in Singapore but grew up in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and now lives in Cardiff

  • White suspect 'yelled: 'I'm going to kill all Muslims - I did my bit' and smiled, waved and blew kisses at public'

  • Imam and other worshippers pinned him down as he urged them to kill him but they kept him there until arrest

  • Drinkers in his local pub in Cardiff have this evening claimed he was thrown out on Saturday after being drunk

  • Muslims were leaving taraweeh, late night prayers observed during the festival of Ramadan when the van hit

  • One confirmed fatality is a man who was receiving first aid from members of the public at a bus stop nearby

  • In the months before the alleged terrorist attack, jobless mechanic Osborne was on a downward spiral and his relationship with the mother of his children was on the rocks, locals said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#20  Come hang out at the O Club any time, Seeking cure -- an invitation extended to all who see this. It isn't a restricted space for"officers", whatever that might mean here, but is just a chat room for whoever wants to chat about anything.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-20 20:42  

#19  TWMAPGNFAB

You Know That Would Make A Pretty Good Name For A Band

I was over at the O Club and saw that Shipman answered this one.

All 6 of my current Rantberg acronym are now defined.

Thanks and yes I agree, the collective knowledge here is to be believed!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-06-20 20:18  

#18  I now have six acronyms in the list with one undefined.

What is your undefined one, Seeking cure? Someone always knows the answer here, that's one of the pleasures of this place. And Rantburgers are very generous about sharing their knowledge. My vocabulary has grown dramatically since I started hanging out here, though Mr. Wife has occasionally been startled as a result. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-20 19:11  

#17  Thanks Besoeker, I added it to my acronym tools.

And thanks to Shipman for defining the undefined acronym I had. (Over at the O-Club)
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-06-20 18:37  

#16  This acronym link may be of assistance.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-20 18:31  

#15  Added to Acronym list

Just a note, in the United Kingdom, the proper term is 'RTC' "Road Traffic Collision"

I now have six acronyms in the list with one undefined.

Should I email it to Fred for inclusion in the Rantberg sidebar or wait until I have a few more?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-06-20 18:23  

#14  Another TLA for the RAL (Rantburg Acronym List)
Posted by: SteveS   2017-06-20 17:39  

#13  Translation, please: what does RTA mean?
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-20 16:27  

#12  Still no CCTV, it's a drink drive RTA
(Road Traffic Accident)
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-06-20 15:25  

#11  A rented van.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-06-20 14:51  

#10  What I don't get is the guy was unemployed and lived in a tent but somehow had a van?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-06-20 13:57  

#9  Hahaha...bringing a van to a knife fight!
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-20 13:45  

#8  I see a grudge match in the future between knife weilding gangs of infidels and Islamists in vans.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-06-20 13:16  

#7  Looks to me like an RTA that's been seized by the MSM

There was a fatal deliberate crash yesterday in Calais, gimmigrants (most likely islamic) placed a barrier in the road a truck stopped suddenly caused the van behind to crash and the driver died.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-06-20 11:23  

#6  #4 The "fatality" was dead before he got there, right?

I think the fatality was dying independently. He apparently had nothing to do with that.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-20 09:16  

#5  And so the issue is joined.
Posted by: brujotejano   2017-06-20 08:34  

#4  The "fatality" was dead before he got there, right?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-06-20 07:22  

#3  But, phil_b, after two attacks by Muslims - the narrative needs this to be an Islamophobic terrorist attack!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-06-20 06:27  

#2  None of which makes him guilty of deliberately driving into a group of muslims.

There are plenty of muslims in his local area. Why did he drive to London?
Posted by: phil_b   2017-06-20 04:22  

#1  Well,,, that is at least one MSM narrative.

I can easily come up with a few more to suit my perspective, too.
Posted by: Woodrow Hatfield4289   2017-06-20 00:54  

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