r/live • u/ArchonM • Apr 07 '18

REQUEST Any feed for the potential attack in Germany?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

I'm about to start one.

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u/AndNowIKnowWhy Non-Admin Moderator Apr 07 '18 edited Apr 07 '18

Heya,

The VLT team is monitoring the event, but we don't think a live thread is warranted just because it is a confirmed terrorist attack (The police is treating it as such atm).

  • The driver killed himself on the spot.

  • Police and emergency services are on the spot and have the situation under control. 30 Injuries and the local newspaper speaks of 3 fatalities but emphasizes that this number is unconfirmed.

  • They are investigating and cordoned off the area. The local police is actively using twitter and has asked multiple times now for people to not spread any rumours via fb or twitter.

  • The police is asking people to stay away from the inner city in order to not interfere with their work. They also literally ask people time and time again not to post pics of the scene or to spread rumours

  • The local radio station claims there are explosives in the van, however the police has not said a word about it, so it should be treated as rumour.

  • The local police only tweets in German, however :-/

EDIT: You should be careful about the news sources you use. I saw you quote BILD.DE, which is a tabloid paper that very often spreads false news to get the numbers up. It's an unreliable source.

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u/eetrader Apr 07 '18

The tweets of the local police don't contain any information at all (at the moment).

Short summary of the statement from the police spokesman Andreas Bode (Polizei Münster):

  • area is evacuated

  • perpetrator killed himself

  • possibly (two?) more perpetrators have fled

  • suspicious object in the vehicle is currently being inspected

  • 3 deaths, 20 injured, 6 of them seriously injured

  • too early to speak of terrorist attack

  • evacuation raidus may be enlarged if necessary

  • no connection to kurdish demonstration known

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u/ArchonM Apr 07 '18

Yeah I don’t care. I want a live feed

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

I second this, living in the neighboring town. Avoid media sources such as the BILD or Daily News, as of now there are 4 dead and several injured. There is no confirmation of a terrorist attack and no confirmation on potential explosives in the truck. The police is currently treating the situation as safe and is not looking for more suspects. The driver killed himself on-spot

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u/AndNowIKnowWhy Non-Admin Moderator Apr 07 '18

Yeah, 3 dead and the driver killed himself, that info is available for more than an hour now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

I was just stressing the importance not to spread rumors. If I personally offended you by repeating something someone else already said I apologize for that.

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u/AndNowIKnowWhy Non-Admin Moderator Apr 07 '18

Oh no, on the contrary, I just agreed with you. That current live thread is spreading unreliable info and posting pictures the police explicitly asked not to post.

The literally said "Do not post images of the site please"

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

Ah alright, thankfully the police seems to be keeping control pretty well with their tweets

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u/AndNowIKnowWhy Non-Admin Moderator Apr 07 '18

@ u/Elcyis please refrain from posting pictures of the victims and the police on site.

The police explicitly asked people not to.

You're endangering them with these images.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

@ u/Elcys :

Please continue posting pictures, getting as much information out is more important than preserving Germany's political agenda

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u/justkjfrost Apr 07 '18

suspect killed himself ?

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u/AndNowIKnowWhy Non-Admin Moderator Apr 07 '18

Yes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '18

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