Bloody shooting in Plymouth, South West England, where at least one unidentified person has opened fire on other individuals, resulting in an unknown number of deaths and injuries. The British media reported this, adding that according to the Devon and Cornwall Police there are more than one dead and “several injured”. The episode does not appear to be of a terrorist origin, according to investigative sources. SkyNews also reports that among those killed there would be the same attacker. The area has been isolated and the rescue vehicles are present in force, even if the episode appears to have ended at the moment.
The scene of the shooting – which would seem to recall the scenario of certain recurrent American indiscriminate firefights inspired by blind violence, but about whose context nothing is known at the moment – was the dormitory district of Keyham: an area of low-cost housing. of Victorian origin adjacent to the port area of Plymouth and originally populated by working class families.
“The incident is not attributable to terrorism,” tweeted Johnny Mercer, a member of the House of Commons elected to the local college, not without pointing out that it was still a very bloody event and that for the city they are “dark” hours. Priti Patel, Minister of the Interior of the British Tory government of Boris Johnson, has for the part assured his proximity to those affected and all “necessary support” to the Devon County Police. While words of dismay and solidarity towards the city community also came from Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow minister of the Interior of the Labor opposition, who said he was in turn in contact with the local administrative and investigative authorities.