A trivial row over rivals stealing fares is believed to have sparked a taxi driver's horrific killing spree which left 13 dead yesterday.

After a heated argument on Tuesday night, Derrick Bird is said to have stormed off saying: 'There's going to be a rampage tomorrow.'

Bird, 52, awoke next morning to commit the worst massacre in Britain since Dunblane in 1996.

After shooting dead his twin brother, a solicitor and a taxi driver, he calmly unleashed carnage across the area to the west of the Lake District over the following three hours.

With a shotgun and high-powered rifle pointing from the window of his Citroen Picasso taxi he went on a 20-mile terror drive, killing another nine at random before shooting himself.

A further 25 were injured with eight still in hospital last night, three of them in a critical condition.

The tiny Cumbrian police force was so overwhelmed that bodies were still lying in the streets seven hours after the killings.

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I'm sure the UK members have heard already about this tragedy, What a sick, sick man this is.

I'm honestly still in shock, I just can't believe what this disgusting man has done.

Honestly, what is the world coming too

Just sad.... my condolences to the families of all the victims... Rest In Peace.

I know. All these random, innocent people murdered. Taken away from their families and children forever, all because of this one psychopathic evil little bastard. It's just wrong

On top of that, this sicko even killed his own twin brother.. his flesh and blood, SMH.

Not right at all.

I don't even now what to say. May the dead people rest in peace Their poor families

That's so sad, what is wrong with people today? Just not right at all.

So sad My deepest condolences to the families.

Absolutely tragic, and over something so stupid. The man obviously had something mentally wrong to kill the innocent over something so stupid. The other thing is after the Dunblane massacre, gun crime dropped dramatically. I never thought for a second how this could have happened. It's not usual for a British person (who isn't working in the law e.g. Police) to be carrying or to have a gun. It just doesn't make sense. I never expected something like this to happen in the UK ever again.

Just an FYI, although it doesn't really matter, this topic should really be in the Lounge, this isn't a Celebrity based news article.

it said 'celebrity or media news' so i just assumed it belonged here.

I was watching the news before, they said there are over 70,000 licensed gun holders in the UK.
they should be banned completely, apart from law/police use ect. There is really no need for anyone else to carry/hold a gun.

It's a simple mistake, no worries, it was just so you knew.

I had no idea that many people were licensed gun holders in the country. I remember reading an article not too long ago about the Dunblane massacre and how they cracked down on gun crime by getting rid of a lot of guns in the UK, and only people of authority were allowed guns. Obviously a wrong article, but this should be taken into action now. Things like this shouldn't be allowed to happen.

That's so sad.

That's so terrible. I feel sorry for those people who were killed.