It was a little duplicitous the way they tried to hide who and what he is though. Like we couldn't be trusted with the facts. What was the agenda behind that deception, I wonder, and who was responsible.
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He got the protection that is usually afforded to minors in this country.
It was only to stop the spread of lies that his name was name public, ahead of his 18th birthday.
But it was emphasised that he was Christian and not Muslim (not true) and it was stressed that the attack was not an act of terrorism but now he's being charged with terrorist acts. That to me suggests we were, at the very least, misinformed.
I'll agree with you that certain elements were held back and I suppose that was to stop the disorder that followed the attack. Not a great move but I get it.
Whatever happened initially, the people throwing wheelie bins at shop windows weren't thinking of the little girls who died.
All evidence suggests that he was/is Christian and having a copy of a STUDY of a terrorist manual possibly doesn't change that.
It had to be fully investigated before being made public knowledge.
Terrorism charges are not connected to the murders at the moment.
He was making ricin for goodness sake. He's been charged with production of ricin under the terrorist laws. He was and is a terrorist, which they tried to deny. They really should have stayed silent if they didn't want to look like they were covering it up. I take your point about his religion.
The terrorism charges haven't been connected to the murders as yet.
Did they try to deny it or simply not make it public knowledge until any other lines of investigation were complete?
Think of it this way, a terrorists reads a study of a terrorist manual, actually makes ricin, a terrorist weapon, and then goes out on a killing spree. What are the chances that his killing spree is not a terrorist attack? Seemed to me at the time they (police/gov/media) didn't want us to know.
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It was only to stop the spread of lies that his name was name public, ahead of his 18th birthday.
Whatever happened initially, the people throwing wheelie bins at shop windows weren't thinking of the little girls who died.
It had to be fully investigated before being made public knowledge.
Terrorism charges are not connected to the murders at the moment.
Did they try to deny it or simply not make it public knowledge until any other lines of investigation were complete?