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The two men stabbed to death in front of shoppers in Birmingham city centre were Big Issue sellers, the publication has confirmed.
Officers said hundreds of people may have witnessed the stabbings in Union Street at about 17:50 GMT on Friday.
The first man was stabbed outside Sainsbury's and the second was found slumped outside Boots side entrance.
Minutes later, a 23-year-old man was arrested in New Street near to Odeon cinema. He remains in custody.
Originally posted by jimmiec
You guys should get yourselves a copy of the Second Amendment. It affords you the right to protect yourselves against people like that. Somehow i don't think you can ban bad people or mentally ill people, which leaves you easy prey for the deranged killers among us all.
Originally posted by jimmiec
reply to post by boymonkey74
You probably can, what about older people,elderly people,disabled people,whimpy people? YOU, does not encompass the whole of the society you live in.
Originally posted by jimmiec
You guys should get yourselves a copy of the Second Amendment. It affords you the right to protect yourselves against people like that. Somehow i don't think you can ban bad people or mentally ill people, which leaves you easy prey for the deranged killers among us all.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Big Issue sellers on the whole are pretty street-smart, after all that's where they spend a lot of their time. That this man was able to get near enough to them to do what he did, indicates he either knew them or he didn't look like a likely threat. I'm more inclined towards the former.
In my experience, they tend to surround themselves with alcoholics and drug addicts, so it doesn't totally surprise me that this happened finally.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Big Issue sellers on the whole are pretty street-smart, after all that's where they spend a lot of their time. That this man was able to get near enough to them to do what he did, indicates he either knew them or he didn't look like a likely threat. I'm more inclined towards the former.
Given that reasoning, I'd actually be inclined towards the latter. I know a lot of homeless people, and they tend to be more suspicious of people that they do know, than of strangers or 'regular', homed, people.
Originally posted by KilgoreTrout
There is a huge amount of competition between those living on the streets in the UK, they seldom stick together.