The suspect in the Reading terror attack was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder , depression and an emotionally unstable personality disorder, the Guardian understands.
Says suspects lawyer....Don't all Islamic extremists have mental health issues? What's next? Bin Laden was bullied at school, so we shouldn't think of him as all bad?
Lessons not learnt yet again
“Had”? Is he dead or cured?
haha. now he had mental health issue after finding out that he was a Christian
Aha, apologism from . Imagine if every white drunk went round stabbing people to death. I wonder what the grain would have to say then.
Fakenews hope you go bust
Please be careful how you report headlines... This sounds like it was PTSD to blame so people with PTSD are inherently dangerous... That is not the case, and is quite judgemental with little reason
His mental illness and life story make sense. How come the police say he was a terrorist! Was it because he was black? It just makes the tragedy worse for the families.
Deport
Guy who started randomly stabbing people in park has mental health problems. Thanks.
So what
There is no connection between terrorism and mental illness. Both can be both- But just look how many of you immediately jumped on the terrorism/race label and dismissed mental health as an 'excuse'. Including The Guardian. Shame on you.
No excuse
that old chestnut . Usual excuse for evil behaviour
Oh well, that’ll be it then. Meanwhile, you cut out the spliff in your heavily edited photo of the poor luvvy. Why?
Hmm 🤔
I have PTSD. My opinions & outlook differ from yours. Where should we go from here ?
Half a crown sixpence time I guess...
Ah, yes. The free mental health card. Works every time!
Ok?
The doctor recommends a couple of these for a quick recovery...
This is a fucking appalling headline. Do better.
Radical Islam is a mental health problem.
Wow it took an entire day to come up with the mental health angle. Move on, we have our solution.
His brother seems like a nice bloke, nothing extreme about this family
Let's all feel sorry for the poor criminal.
And we wonder why this stuffs happens.
Of course he did. It will be revealed soon that he is actually Norwegian.
Not guilty on grounds of insanity.
I've got mental health issues, my doctor won't diagnose me and I can't get therapy because there isn't any available, I've yet to stab anyone
Why is it always after the fact that we learn people like him are on the 'radar of MI5 but not deemed a risk' Wot? 😒
Free stuff. It’s just never enough is it? 🙄
Will everyone STOP making excuses about the vile cretin, saying he had mental health problems? Millions of people have mental health issues, some serious, but they don't go around stabbing random people to death do they? Stop sugarcoating his actions. He was a mass murderer.
And still managed to get to the UK with all that going on.
Can someone explain what makes this terrorist related? The fact that he’s an arab? What does designating it a terrorist act achieve beyond being a dog whistle for racists?
Of course.
I have Complex PTSD as well as 3 other mental health condiitons. Having these conditions does NOT make you a murderer. That is just an excuse for him being a racist sick psycopath. Playing the mental health card makes it so much more difficult for those living with illness.
It’s amazing how you never read ....suspect was unfit
of course he did😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
He left his wealthy family to come here. He was living in a council funded flat. He was receiving treatment from the NHS He drank whisky and smoked drugs. People in the local Libyan community ,worried about him,did not report him to the police. But we still blame the Gov...
So that's alright then.
Most killers have these sorts of conditions but what is the trigger that leads to killing people...possibly the media whipping up hatred between the races along with BLM and far right enabled by a weak police force leadership
So, he either spends the rest of his life in Broadmoor or in Belmarsh.
Millions have mental health issues. Overwhelming majority of them don't stab people in the throat
I think if he had various issues then just let him off, basically.
Right, so don't anyone dare to think he was doing this on purpose for religious beliefs.
You are truly amazing!!!🤣🤣🤣
Here we go.
Highly unlikely to be a contributing factor. Premeditated and not knowing them rules it out.
mental health issues doesn't mean you become a killer. for goodness sake.
Of course, he would have.
Here come the excuses from the leftys
“Mental health issues”
Johnson and small minded English framing this as terrorism whjn it’s another mentally distressed, angry man, who fell through the cracks. Inspiring fear is the wrong approach.
Hahahahahahaahahahhaahahahahhahahahah you and your mental health issues! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Don’t try to trick people .
Well, the racists clearly have the afternoon off.
tbf his arms were covered in self-harm scars.
If they use the DSM-5 against you then use these⚡️⚕️☢️☣️⚛️ against them.
Also Killing People Disorder
Yeah, but the basic point is he was Libyan trash that never should have set foot in the country. When you can get stabbed randomly by foreign trash in your own islands by a government that let the trash in, that government is illegitimate.
Isn't it strange the people with mental illness who do this sort of thing are almost always Muslims? Not Jehovahs, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikh, Jews, Christians but Muslim. What are the odds eh?
So we've to feel sorry for the monster? Fuck that - plenty of people have issues but do not commit heinous acts like this. Throw away the key.
Oh, of course, he’s the real victim in this.
PTSD and anxiety would not be the reason for murdering three Human Beings. Quite the opposite, he would have run away from such conflict. He maybe mentally ill. Not our problem anymore, deport the evil bastard right now and see how he gets on back in his Homeland.
It's no excuse. There are millions with PTSD and poor mental health
Best of in the ground then! Now he has to return to prison out our expense where he will probably be put on suicide watch! What a waste of resources and money. A bullet only costs £1 much cheaper!!
so do half of BLM terrorists...that's no defence
PTSD? Lol, this is how they cover up a terrorist.
Guardian you shock me..
Religious mental health problems?
This is an absolutely disgraceful headline and will only serve to add to the stigma on mental health. Expect better from you of all papers.
Of course he did and no toys as a kid.
It's worth remembering the Tories have reduced mental health nurses by over 5,000 and have reduced GP practices by over 1000 since 2010. Tories may cause mental health issues via cuts, but they sure don't want to fund treatment.
So not terror but a mental health issue & prisoner release process issue as well as lack of medical care issue.
Of course, he did....