MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Another British soldier was murdered in the street and three have been arrested. This time, however, the police and the media have failed to identify the suspects either by name or, as often is the case in the UK, by ethnicity. Why? Was this another jihadist killing? Are they worried about another “[dubiously] sustained wave of [dubious] attacks” against the Islamic community? If not, then why were the suspects not identified? I don’t have any evidence that this was related to violent jihad, but I don’t have any evidence that it wasn’t, either …

Wirral Globe – “A 26-year-old former soldier from Moreton has died after being attacked in a taxi rank queue in the town of Rugby.

David Ryding was so badly injured in the assault, which happened in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was put on a life-support machine at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire.

A statement from Warwickshire Police today said: ‘It soon became apparent that nothing could be done to save him and life was pronounced extinct at 3.30am this morning and his life-support machine has been turned off.’

Police arrested a 21-year-old man from Rugby on suspicion of murder following the incident, which occurred at the Clock Tower in Market Place, Rugby.

Two further men aged 25 and 27 have been arrested on suspicion of affray.

All three are currently in police custody while the investigation progresses.

Mr Ryding, who lived in Moreton with his wife Nicola and young daughter, was in the First Battalion the Mercian Regiment but retired from the service in 2011.

Friends of Mr Ryding have paid tribute to him on their Facebook sites.

One, Aaron Dunbar, who is also a former soldier, wrote: ‘Absolutely devastated, good friend taken too soon.'” Read more.

Flashback: UK: Jailed Muslim Extremist Says Murdering A Solider In Broad Daylight On British Streets Is Justified – “Prison staff feared their colleague, locked in a room and being attacked by crazed extremists … And the vicious assault was sparked by a simple call from a prison imam to pray for drummer Lee who was ­butchered in the street last week near his barracks in ­Woolwich, South East London. Khan flew into a rage at the request, insisting the 25-year-old’s murder was justified.” Read more.

Flashback: The Wall Street Journal: Britain Has Been In Denial About The Islamist Threat, And It’s Time To Face It Down – “How many ignored warnings does it take? That is one question that should hang over Britain after the horror of the daytime murder of a British soldier on the streets of south London. On Wednesday afternoon, Drummer Lee Rigby was killed in Woolwich by two men wielding large knives and shouting ‘Allahu akbar’—God is great. Islamists have been saying for years they would do this. They have planned to do it. And now they have done it.” Read more.