BREAKING Huddersfield station UK on lock down. Armed man in tunnel. I am there

This must be one of them crazy Americans with AR-15

Gotta love the GLP reporters on the ground, that's why I love this site!!!

Seriously though, thanks for the info. Praying that you and everyone else will be safe.

Nah. Apparently just a garden variety druggie or drug dealer.

It was probably a spud gun.

I know - frikkin typical!
My phone had been switched on since 9am so was on its last dregs by the time I got to the station.

I will buy a spare battery just in case I get caught up in any exciting events in future.

Bridget Jones would have done a better job of reporting it than me.

ummm donthey have those rubber bullet things /?

I have been checking local news for updates - nothing seems to have been updated after 10pm.

My minibus left the station at 10.45, just a few minutes after 6 police officers left the station.

There were 12 police officers in attendance at the station platforms I think.

The whole thing seems to have kicked off at 8pm, I think I arrived at the station at about 9.30

The station staff were really professional and calm.

Our last one was about 6 years ago actually, guy used a shotgun and bolt action rifle that he owned legally.

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Yep, Virgin staff only operate in one mode unless you try to jump the train in which case they bollock you like crazy. Oh, but they hate it when your ticket gets stuck in the gates cos nobody find the keys to unlock it.

Ha ha really?! Lol.
I don't think any Virgin trains pass through Huddersfield - I think there are only 2 train companies that have routes calling at Huddersfield, Northern Rail and TransPennineExpress.

These guys were Northern Rail.

Glad you're safe, OP.

Thankyou.

I must admit, my mind was thinking of something that happened this morning on my journey into Huddersfield - when I was about to go through the ticket barriers a guy tried to run through the open gates and bashed into me.
The station guy stopped him and sent him back through the barrier telling him to go and buy a ticket.

The barrier barger was arguing back about missing his train (he had a heavy accent so I couldn't hear him properly - plus I was Pissed off about the guy running into me.

Yes, I admit it, thoughts of a Snackbar went through my mind.

Are you sure you're not deceased?

I didn't click on this thread to find you alive, and with a freshly charged battery, lol.

I will try my very best to provide suitable doom and death next time, how dare I be alive and well!
Hee hee :-)

Battery isn't fully charged yet, it's plugged into my wall.

Feels like a bit of a let down. I wonder what the whole story was?

i came to say this

we have tazers lol

i live in Whitehaven we were not alowed to leave work unil we knew he killed himself.
used to get taxis of the 3rd guy he killed after his twin brother and lawyer, darren rip to those 12 and birdy to he lost his mind.

Soooo, that means "bad person" wouldn't DARE have a weapon?!?!?!?!?




Last Edited by DNoMo Michele B on 06/21/2016 07:51 PM

i dont know were people get this there are no guns in britain from
this is ten mins up the road local gun club you just need a licence they are strict with them, unless smooth bore/shotgun iv seen kids with shotty licences

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I agree.
Where I grew up, guns were very commonplace amongst the gangs/families. And not just your air rifles or BB guns.

Also, there is a so - called "Newsagent" shop called Barkers in Bradford that sells bulletproof and stab proof vests, alongside crossbows of all sizes and imitation guns, all on display in the windows.
If there were no guns in the UK then the shop wouldn't be needing to sell bulletproof vests.

I will try to get a photo on Thursday when I am next there.

Last Edited by InsertWittyNameHere on 06/21/2016 08:01 PM

hmm armed man in a tunnel ..


bet loads of pigs went running in after him too


like loads of american soldiers went running into caves after osama bin laden ...

gonna take a guess and say he's a brexit campaigner

racist bigot who wants to murder brown babies and drown their mothers in the english channel .

but he will die in that tunnel and he will be carried out on a stretcher to the tune of a thousand news reporters and cammera flashes

tommorrows headlines

brexit nut goes nutts and bullshit polls suddenly swing in the in direction ..

they even have the scary ar15s there
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good work lad, if the animal approaches you asking about a snackbar, jick him right in the gonads.

Fake... UK has strict gun laws. This kind of thing cannot happen.

I live in the countryside and during certain periods of the year, I hear gunfire all day long.

and the winner of the burrito fart contest goes to......

Yep...me too.
I now live in a rural area and often hear gunshots...but the ones I hear now sound more "Crackly" than the deeper sounding urban ones.

Oi! 'ere! Wots all this then? 'ere!! That gun you 'ave is illegal guvnah! 'ere! Don't point it at me guv!