伦敦恐袭频繁致防身术课程申请创新高
英国在三个月的时间里连遭三次恐袭,民众申请防身术课程的热情高涨。一家培训学校表示,申请课程的人已经爆满,教课的教员都不够用了。 Self-defence classes have reportedly seen a surge in applications after Britain was hit with three terrorist attacks in three months. Many people have expressed interest in the classes to learn how to protect themselves in the event of another attack, according to The Times. One school said it had seen inquiries increase by 10 times following the assault on London Bridge and Borough Market that killed eight people and left dozens more injured. Another instructor said its waiting lists were “backing up” as it struggled to find staff to teach the classes. Combat Academy UK’s chief instructor Reece Coker told The Times: “With bombings or shootings, people tend to think that there’s nothing much they could do. “But with the style of attack that we saw at London Bridge, killers roaming the streets with knives, there is a sense, rightly, that there is.” The company said application inquiries had jumped by 70 percent since March, when terrorist Khalid Masood launched a deadly vehicle and knife rampage on Westminster. Government advice in the event of a terror attack is to “run, hide, tell” and does not encourage members of the public to fight back. However former SAS soldier John Geddes told the Daily Mirror members of the public should team up and try to overpower the attacker together. |