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Hero Huntingdon man seriously hurt protecting young girl from being stabbed (www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
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Nine people have life-threatening injuries after the stabbings on a train in Huntingdon. This man was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and body as he protected a young girl.

Amazing what some men will do to protect us from other men ❤️

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A tangentially related question - quote from the article:

BTP said a major incident was declared, and at one point declared “Plato”, the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack”

Why "Plato"? That seems like such a weirdly arbitrary code-word for "marauding terror attack".

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Code words and operation names and such are generally assigned arbitrary, often random, words so that you can't get a hint of what's coming when they're invoked. For example "Operation Rolling Thunder" gives some clues that this is going to be a land assault, likely headed by tanks. "Operation Laundryman" says nothing meaningful. Code word "PANIC AT THE DISCO" likely suggests a large-scale response to anybody listening to police frequencies (like perps might be). "Plato" says ... nothing, really.

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