Killer on the beach

[alreadypacked]

Am I the only one who thinks this photo is a bit strange.
Why are these guys openly following him?
Why do they think they are safe?
Do they already know they are not the targets?

[oscarose]

Who's that AA Gill gadge?

[BrilloPad]

Whoever took that photo was quite silly. Personally I would have turned and run.

Or maybe I would have asked if he would pose with the kids for a picture. I bet the papers would pay a lot for that.

[tomtomagain]

I agree with OP. When I saw the picture my first thoughts were why the people in the background were just hanging around ... however maybe he hadn't started firing.

[PurpleGorilla]

Because before the bullets fly people don't understand or appreciate the threat. It is so surreal seeing a bloke on the beach with a machine gun your instinct is to say WTF and just stare.

[shaunbhoy]

Because before the bullets fly people don't understand or appreciate the threat. It is so surreal seeing a bloke on the beach with a machine gun your instinct is to say WTF and just stare.

Might I ask just how often you have experienced that particular phenomenon??

[SimonMac]

Maybe they are trying to warn people ahead of the killer that he is on his way

[MarillionFan]

Might I ask just how often you have experienced that particular phenomenon??

Makes sense. You see a guy slowly walking with a machine gun on a beach, you're going to look, stare & keep your distance. You're not likely to leg it, until he does something (or doesn't). You may even be tempted to go up and talk to him.

Happened to me once. Makes you stop and think when someone points a machine gun at you. No-one got killed.

[vetran]

they were doing a good thing apparently

Tunisia tourists reveal hotel workers formed 'human shield' | Daily Mail Online

'You must kill us first, but we're Muslim': Tourist reveals how hotel workers formed 'human shield' to stop gun maniac shooting more dead as Britons tell how they played dead to survive
Tunisian hotel staff formed human shield in heroic move to save tourists
The Muslim staff members told the terrorist: 'You must kill us first'
Many have spoken of playing dead in a bid to avoid the gunman's attention
Angela Evans told how she played dead as he was 'inches' away from her
He was so close she heard him reloading as she lay motionless in the sand
Cheryl Mellor, from Cornwall, also played dead after her husband was shot

brave people & poor sods.

[shaunbhoy]

Makes sense. You see a guy slowly walking with a machine gun on a beach, you're going to look, stare & keep your distance. You're not likely to leg it, until he does something (or doesn't). You may even be tempted to go up and talk to him.

Happened to me once. Makes you stop and think when someone points a machine gun at you. No-one got killed.

Keeping your distance hardly seems compatible with going up and talking to him though does it? You haven't really thought this through have you?