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Man who talked down hospital bomber says would-be attacker asked for a cuddle (www.theguardian.com)

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Nathan Newby set to receive George Medal for stopping a potential atrocity with an act of kindness

A hospital patient who managed to talk a man out of detonating a bomb in a maternity wing said the would-be attacker “asked for a cuddle” before standing down.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, I've talked two mentally ill neighbors out of stabbing each other before, had to physically get between the both of them, when they both had knives... but that takes the cake as far as conflct de-escalation goes.

This is the guy you want training the police.

Not ex-IDF mercs, as is shockingly common.