BBC Omissions in Knife Wielding Man at Buck Palace

[Teddy Bear]

As soon as I saw the headline of this article in the Telegraph this afternoon, I had to look and see if my suspicion about who was responsible was correct.

Man with knives tasered outside Buckingham Palace

I don't know if this man had seen too many reruns of Blazing Saddles, where the new black Sheriff holds a gun to his own head to make the racist townsfolk stop threatening him, but this guy at the Changing of the Guard held a knife to his own throat and got tasered.

What I also saw in the article did confirm my suspicions.
This is one of the pictures of him:


Recognise a particular race?

Also this line in the article:
Further photos showed two knives, a hat and a pair of trainers believed to belong to the man who was arrested.

Prayer beads were also found at the scene.

So next I wanted to see if the BBC covered this story, and whether they indicated the origins of this person at all. I would have made a bet that they wouldn't and sure enough - no picture of the perpetrator or any mention of prayer beads.

Taser gun used on man with knives outside Buckingham Palace

[Teddy Bear]

I see today that my suspicions about this man were correct.
The BBC obviously felt the same, which is why they purposefully omitted the details pointing to it. Even when they showed a video of the man they blurred out his features.

Anyway the Telegraph today tells us that the man's name is Talhat Rahman and that:

Officers at the scene suggested that Mr Rehman was known to them and was mentally ill. He had previously worked at the Maharaja Halal butcher a mile from his home address, it was reported.

Another thing that shows he was mentally ill is clear in the picture above.

I guess he’s been told so often about the raptures of jihad and being a martyr he decided to perpetrate a suicide bombing. Since he didn’t have the expertise to construct a bomb he just grabbed a knife.

Next problem was – How do I commit a suicide knifing?

[thehighlandrebel]

At least it looks like he was going to slit his throat the Halal way.......a true believer.

BTW the cop behind him looks like he's thinking go on you bugger and give us all peace.

[Teddy Bear]

Or else he's thinking "I bet George Dixon never had to deal with anything like this".

You need to read today's Telegraph article I linked to above to see how much they write about this story, then compare it with the BBC rendition.

It's almost like the BBC want the reader to understand 'there's nothing to see here, just move along'.

This is it:

Palace knife man appears in court
A man accused of brandishing knives outside Buckingham Palace has appeared in court.

Talhat Rehman, 54, of Lindsay Drive, Harrow, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with possessing a bladed weapon in public and affray.

Police used a Taser after a man was seen ranting when challenged outside the palace gates on Sunday morning.

The Queen and Prince Philip were at Sandringham at the time.

District Judge Quentin Purdy adjourned the case until Tuesday afternoon.