# Soldier Hacked to Death in London Street **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095 "2013-05-23T04:05:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/1 "2013-05-23T04:05:42Z")
Breaking News on BBC. Story [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22630303). Bizarre. Onlookers thought two men were trying to help the guy, then noticed they were hacking him. And BBC TV is saying instead of the fleeing, they hung around and seemed to be waiting for police to arrive. Then walked toward police arms hanging down but holding a gun, so police shot and wounded them. Before police arrived, they unleashed a diatribe on a camera against the British government, waving bloodied hands. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/2 "2013-05-23T05:33:20Z")
Hmm. No love for British soldiers, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/3 "2013-05-23T06:46:18Z")
Dude, that’s fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/4 "2013-05-23T08:26:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Hmm. No love for British soldiers, eh? Already a couple of threads on this… most of the discussion’s happening there. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/5 "2013-05-23T08:55:39Z")
Hmmm. Thanks. I looked for other threads before starting this one but didn’t see any. Will look again. Maybe a Mod should close this one. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/6 "2013-05-23T11:44:31Z")
Link to other threads, please? ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/7 "2013-05-23T13:16:06Z")
I also can’t find the other thread(s) on this… Little help? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-hacked-to-death-in-london-street/659095/8 "2013-05-23T13:26:08Z")
Here’s one in GD: [Soldier [Murdered and Possibly] Beheaded in public street in London - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=691700)