The story continues to unfold. Looks like no blood on the suspect (assuming that's the suspect), that's for sure.
On the other hand, if you look at the ground directly in front of the guy with the red tie and phone, you can see what looks like blood soaked in to concrete with some paper (napkins?) or tissues on it.
I've looked around for the text (searching for defined text strings is an easy way to track down specific articles etc) "said he intervened to stop the attacker". It looks like the original BBC article had this (what we see in the tweet you reference) and also had "who had blood on his face and chest" BUT the same article now has been revised and does not include that.
Not also that it's not an actual quote, but the reporter's statement.
If you follow the link you'll see the article has now been altered/revised.
Although Truth Signal's immediate conclusion is: it's a psyop, and Abdulklah made up the "blood" part and BBC ran their script, it could very easily have been a mis-report initially, in the rush to get the article (story) out and it included some misinformation (incorrect information).
I think its worth applying some critical thinking here.
If its a psyop, a) why would Abdullah make up the "blood" part when there was no blood on the attacker (according to alleged footage of suspect)? if it weakens his story? and b) if its a psyop, why not have blood on the suspect if its going to be part of abdullah's story?
There seems to be a good number of witnesses, and so, if its a psyop, would they not set it up with the fixed story about blood on the suspect and it being consistent with Abdullah's story?
To me, its seems a lot more likely that in the confusion, the reporter got it wrong. If you listen to Abdullah, his English is far from native or smooth. Also, so far, I've not found footage of him actually saying he "intervened to stop the attacker who had blood on his face and chest".
Rather, the reporter wrote this. It's not a quote. None of the quoted material that I've found actually has Abdullah saying there was blood on the attacker. Is it possible that he was actually talking about the kid, and the reporter misunderstood or mixed it up?
The original BBC report (we can assume) wrote:
Abdullah, 29, who works at TWG tea in Leicester Square, said he intervened to stop the attacker who had blood on his face and chest.
The current version of the report reads:
Abdullah, 29, who works at TWG tea in Leicester Square, said he intervened to stop the attacker and, with help from colleagues, gave first aid to the child.
Sinister conspiracy to make fake accusations about blood that were then modified because actual footage of "suspect" does not show blood? Or mistaken report that was corrected when the mistake was figured out?
If it is a psyop, does that mean a) the incident was faked, b) the rescuer and his collegues are fakes (plants), c) the 'suspect' is an actor, d) the area was cordoned off to look like there was an incident e) there was fake blood poured on the ground and f) all the media INCLUDING any alt media (every fricken human has a phone with a his-res camera these days) is all paid off and planned?
So, more critical thinking: WHY?
What's the objective here? To run a story that an immigrant colored man can be a hero? Does Abdullah look like an illegal immigrant? So what benefit to who if such a story came out? To quell the racial conflict by saying there are good immigrants/muslims, etc? Surely the UK DS wants to INFLATE the tensions and the conflict, not reduce it.
Why choose "one of the busiest tourist districts in the capital" to stage a psyop?
The problem I have here is that while its valid and usually always beneficial to question the narratives ('news') we are being sold, too many people see some small fact "Hey, He said there was blood on the attacker (reporter's statement) but where it is (footage)?" and immediate draw the conclusion that fits THEIR bias and prejudice instead of actually looking at as many facts as possible (i.e. tracking them down, examining a wide swath of information) and then, by applying critical thinking, try to find out where the facts point regardless of any preconceived notion.
It's always challenging these days to filter truth from disinfo, misinfo, which is happening on 'both sides' and all over the place.
Best thing is to collect data, and analyze without a preconceived bias and see where the totality of evidence leads, if anywhere.
To me, the reporter's statement that said Abdullah said he saw blood on the perp + the video of the suspect in police custody is a pretty flimsy basis on which to assert psyop, particularly when there are other as, or more, plausible possible explanations.
But eyes on. The timing is .... dasting. But I figure I'm good enough at spotting media psyops now to know when some people just leap for 'psyop' when there is only a very flimsy basis for the assertions....
PS. updoogle for raising a relevant data point and referring to it as highly suspect, which reveals a solid questioning and skeptical mindset.
Yes the blood on hands and face could be a misquote. Some articles are claiming he was a security guard.
Still a very clean looking scene after a frenzied knife attack on 2 people (including abdullahs pristine white shirt after wrestling with the knife attacker)
Also this screenshot is going around. Unconfirmed if its legit, but if so then innocent looking Abdullah has an agenda.
This account @abdullahfromuk is impersonating a man who stopped a knife attack in London's Leicester Square. His original account handle was ZartashaPti and he has been tweeting pro-Imran Khan content in Urdu and English for most of his account history.
The account @abdullahfromuk has since been deleted.
Quick tip. If you type "to:ZartashaPti" or "to:fanof_putin" into the Twitter search bar it will direct you to tweets sent to that account, but you can see it now directs you to abdullahfromUK (useful in checking for suspicious accounts if you know their old username)
The Marc Owen data seems pretty full legit. If you do the search (to:ZartashaPti) in the Twitter search bar, you will see tweets sent to the original user name.
In other words, the to:ZartashaPti account changed his twitter username to impersonate the Abdullah in the report...
As for the shirt, really? If this was a psyop in ANY way, I mean, organized by serious forces that can manipulate media, etc, would they have Abdullah do the interview NOT in a bloody shirt? That makes no sense. Even someone doing a simple prank would have that level of thinking.
Maybe Abdullah did not get bloody or maybe even he changed his shirt. Is there any evidence to imply that Abdullah was photographed within minutes or even 20 minutes of the incident? Then, just how long do you think he is going to walk around in a bloodied shirt? Hours?
You are identifying inconsistencies, and that is good. But then, you need to consider all possible explanations, and not just gravitate to ones that suit your suspicions.
I read no where that the knife attack was 'frenzied'. The blood on teh pavement seems obvious.
The BBC report says
"The (Met Police) force added the girl required hospital treatment for "serious" but not life-threatening injuries, while her mother's wounds were "more minor".
We can imagine all sorts of scenarios, including blood going everywhere, but the imagination isn't helpful unless it leads us to information and data. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that abdullah had to be bloodied up (he wrestled the suspect, not the kid), that the shirt he is wearing in the photos is the shirt he wore anyway, and that there had to be a lot of blood everywhere more than what is apparent in photographic evidence.
Depending on where a knife wound lands, the victim might shed a lot of blood, or not a lot of blood. Most will also be soaked by the victim's clothing, not splattered all over the walls. Concrete is porous and after a very short time, blood will not be as apparent as a carpet, or polished floor, for example.
At least, that's how I read the situation. An important challenge with filtering data and information is to NOT hold any assumptions as facts before they are seriously corroborated. Some folks leap to the assumption that the incident was a psyop and then after that point, all they see are things that make sense BECAUSE they made that original assumption and are working from there.
That's what we mean by confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is holding some assumption or belief as the pinpoint and then only seeing or interpreting information after that in that context.
E.g.
He's a colored immigrant, and perp is a Caucasian brit. Too convenient. MUST be a psyop. Oh, abdullah said the perp had blood on him. But the video shows no blood. More evidence that its a psyop. BBC reporting on it. Must be a psyop. Abdullah account looks like he has some political agenda. More evidence that its a psyop.
So the preconcieved ideas, assumptions or beliefs lead the evidence, and not the other way around (which it should).
Anyway, interesting topic and tragic incident (if real).
The Great Awakening. We KNOW we have been manipulated and that they are still trying to manipulate us. The challenge is to find HOW they are trying to manipulate us, without thinking everything we see is pure manipulation.
The story continues to unfold. Looks like no blood on the suspect (assuming that's the suspect), that's for sure.
On the other hand, if you look at the ground directly in front of the guy with the red tie and phone, you can see what looks like blood soaked in to concrete with some paper (napkins?) or tissues on it.
I've looked around for the text (searching for defined text strings is an easy way to track down specific articles etc) "said he intervened to stop the attacker". It looks like the original BBC article had this (what we see in the tweet you reference) and also had "who had blood on his face and chest" BUT the same article now has been revised and does not include that.
Not also that it's not an actual quote, but the reporter's statement.
Original article quote and link: https://www.gransnet.com/forums/news_and_politics/1339244-Girl-and-mum-stabbed-in-Leicester-square
If you follow the link you'll see the article has now been altered/revised.
Although Truth Signal's immediate conclusion is: it's a psyop, and Abdulklah made up the "blood" part and BBC ran their script, it could very easily have been a mis-report initially, in the rush to get the article (story) out and it included some misinformation (incorrect information).
I think its worth applying some critical thinking here.
If its a psyop, a) why would Abdullah make up the "blood" part when there was no blood on the attacker (according to alleged footage of suspect)? if it weakens his story? and b) if its a psyop, why not have blood on the suspect if its going to be part of abdullah's story?
There seems to be a good number of witnesses, and so, if its a psyop, would they not set it up with the fixed story about blood on the suspect and it being consistent with Abdullah's story?
To me, its seems a lot more likely that in the confusion, the reporter got it wrong. If you listen to Abdullah, his English is far from native or smooth. Also, so far, I've not found footage of him actually saying he "intervened to stop the attacker who had blood on his face and chest".
Rather, the reporter wrote this. It's not a quote. None of the quoted material that I've found actually has Abdullah saying there was blood on the attacker. Is it possible that he was actually talking about the kid, and the reporter misunderstood or mixed it up?
The original BBC report (we can assume) wrote:
The current version of the report reads:
Abdullah, 29, who works at TWG tea in Leicester Square, said he intervened to stop the attacker and, with help from colleagues, gave first aid to the child.
Sinister conspiracy to make fake accusations about blood that were then modified because actual footage of "suspect" does not show blood? Or mistaken report that was corrected when the mistake was figured out?
If it is a psyop, does that mean a) the incident was faked, b) the rescuer and his collegues are fakes (plants), c) the 'suspect' is an actor, d) the area was cordoned off to look like there was an incident e) there was fake blood poured on the ground and f) all the media INCLUDING any alt media (every fricken human has a phone with a his-res camera these days) is all paid off and planned?
So, more critical thinking: WHY?
What's the objective here? To run a story that an immigrant colored man can be a hero? Does Abdullah look like an illegal immigrant? So what benefit to who if such a story came out? To quell the racial conflict by saying there are good immigrants/muslims, etc? Surely the UK DS wants to INFLATE the tensions and the conflict, not reduce it.
Why choose "one of the busiest tourist districts in the capital" to stage a psyop?
The problem I have here is that while its valid and usually always beneficial to question the narratives ('news') we are being sold, too many people see some small fact "Hey, He said there was blood on the attacker (reporter's statement) but where it is (footage)?" and immediate draw the conclusion that fits THEIR bias and prejudice instead of actually looking at as many facts as possible (i.e. tracking them down, examining a wide swath of information) and then, by applying critical thinking, try to find out where the facts point regardless of any preconceived notion.
It's always challenging these days to filter truth from disinfo, misinfo, which is happening on 'both sides' and all over the place.
Best thing is to collect data, and analyze without a preconceived bias and see where the totality of evidence leads, if anywhere.
To me, the reporter's statement that said Abdullah said he saw blood on the perp + the video of the suspect in police custody is a pretty flimsy basis on which to assert psyop, particularly when there are other as, or more, plausible possible explanations.
But eyes on. The timing is .... dasting. But I figure I'm good enough at spotting media psyops now to know when some people just leap for 'psyop' when there is only a very flimsy basis for the assertions....
PS. updoogle for raising a relevant data point and referring to it as highly suspect, which reveals a solid questioning and skeptical mindset.
Good points... You are always a voice of reason.
Yes the blood on hands and face could be a misquote. Some articles are claiming he was a security guard.
Still a very clean looking scene after a frenzied knife attack on 2 people (including abdullahs pristine white shirt after wrestling with the knife attacker)
Also this screenshot is going around. Unconfirmed if its legit, but if so then innocent looking Abdullah has an agenda.
https://x.com/JacquiB80644876/status/1823060864800264632
https://x.com/JacquiB80644876/status/1823060864800264632
Someone already addressed this point. See:
https://x.com/marcowenjones/status/1823023635382358185
The account @abdullahfromuk has since been deleted.
see this thread: https://x.com/marcowenjones/status/1823031327198781859
The Marc Owen data seems pretty full legit. If you do the search (to:ZartashaPti) in the Twitter search bar, you will see tweets sent to the original user name.
In other words, the to:ZartashaPti account changed his twitter username to impersonate the Abdullah in the report...
As for the shirt, really? If this was a psyop in ANY way, I mean, organized by serious forces that can manipulate media, etc, would they have Abdullah do the interview NOT in a bloody shirt? That makes no sense. Even someone doing a simple prank would have that level of thinking.
Maybe Abdullah did not get bloody or maybe even he changed his shirt. Is there any evidence to imply that Abdullah was photographed within minutes or even 20 minutes of the incident? Then, just how long do you think he is going to walk around in a bloodied shirt? Hours?
You are identifying inconsistencies, and that is good. But then, you need to consider all possible explanations, and not just gravitate to ones that suit your suspicions.
I read no where that the knife attack was 'frenzied'. The blood on teh pavement seems obvious.
The BBC report says
We can imagine all sorts of scenarios, including blood going everywhere, but the imagination isn't helpful unless it leads us to information and data. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that abdullah had to be bloodied up (he wrestled the suspect, not the kid), that the shirt he is wearing in the photos is the shirt he wore anyway, and that there had to be a lot of blood everywhere more than what is apparent in photographic evidence.
Depending on where a knife wound lands, the victim might shed a lot of blood, or not a lot of blood. Most will also be soaked by the victim's clothing, not splattered all over the walls. Concrete is porous and after a very short time, blood will not be as apparent as a carpet, or polished floor, for example.
At least, that's how I read the situation. An important challenge with filtering data and information is to NOT hold any assumptions as facts before they are seriously corroborated. Some folks leap to the assumption that the incident was a psyop and then after that point, all they see are things that make sense BECAUSE they made that original assumption and are working from there.
That's what we mean by confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is holding some assumption or belief as the pinpoint and then only seeing or interpreting information after that in that context.
E.g.
He's a colored immigrant, and perp is a Caucasian brit. Too convenient. MUST be a psyop. Oh, abdullah said the perp had blood on him. But the video shows no blood. More evidence that its a psyop. BBC reporting on it. Must be a psyop. Abdullah account looks like he has some political agenda. More evidence that its a psyop.
So the preconcieved ideas, assumptions or beliefs lead the evidence, and not the other way around (which it should).
Anyway, interesting topic and tragic incident (if real).
The Great Awakening. We KNOW we have been manipulated and that they are still trying to manipulate us. The challenge is to find HOW they are trying to manipulate us, without thinking everything we see is pure manipulation.
I suspected that screenshot might have been from the now deleted account.
Havent looked into this much as you can tell. Youre probably right...thanks for looking into it.
Insert 'are we the
baddiesbullshit spreaders' meme