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Terror in London? Man stabs passersby - Johnson announces "fundamental" measures

2020-02-03T08:31:42.764Z


A man injured three people with a knife in London. The police shot the attacker. The investigators assume Islamist terrorism.


A man injured three people with a knife in London. The police shot the attacker. The investigators assume Islamist terrorism.

  • In London, a man injured three people in a knife attack .
  • The police shot the attacker - he is also said to have carried a dummy explosive.
  • Investigators from Islamist motivated terrorism.

February 3 update: After another knife attack in London, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced rapid consequences for the prison system. He said he would announce "fundamental changes" in dealing with terrorist offenders on Monday, he said on Sunday evening. In the afternoon, an Islamist had injured at least two passers-by before the police shot him. The perpetrator wore a dummy that looked like an explosive vest. The 20-year-old was recently released from prison, where he was held for "crimes related to Islamism," said police officer Lucy D'Orsi. According to British media reports, the man was convicted of 13 terrorist offenses in 2018 and recently released from prison.

Knife attack in London: Perpetrator was probably an Islamist

Update 10:32 p.m .: The alleged Islamist, who injured two people in a knife attack in London, had relevant criminal records , according to media reports. The man, who was shot by the police on Sunday, had only been released from prison last month, several British media reported in the evening. Accordingly, he served approximately half of a three-year prison sentence for spreading Islamist propaganda .

Update 9:10 p.m .: After the recent knife attack in London, the British police assume an Islamist motivated act . The alleged perpetrator carried a dummy explosive , the police said on Sunday evening. Members of an anti-terrorist unit were on the scene in the south of the British capital "as part of a preventive mission". British media had previously reported that the alleged perpetrator was under surveillance.

A knife attack was also carried out in the Belgian city of Ghent on Sunday evening.

Terror in London: Several people injured in knife attack - one person in mortal danger

Update 19:21: The London police meanwhile speaks of three people who were injured on Sunday by a knife attack A person is in mortal danger . Two other people were brought to hospitals but were not in critical condition.

An eyewitness said the attacker was armed with a machete. "Silver canisters" were attached to his chest. Videos were uploaded to the online networks to show the police operation. The images show how armed police officers approach a motionless man lying on the ground, suddenly back away and ask bystanders to move away as well. The police asked not to share any footage of the incident.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the emergency services. "My thoughts are with the injured and everyone concerned," he said. Minister of the Interior Priti Patel praised the courage of the police and rescue workers. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the "terrorists' strategy to split us and destroy our way of life" would not work.

Attack in London: knife attackers are said to have carried an explosive belt-like object

Update 5:24 pm: At least two people were apparently injured in the knife attack in London on Sunday, the police have now said. Eyewitnesses told the attackers BBC that they had an upper body object that resembled an explosive belt. The incident happened on a busy shopping street in the south of the British capital. The crime scene was cordoned off extensively.

Update 17:12: Pictures of the scene of the knife attack in the south of London in social media show vehicles of the police and the ambulance. Helicopters circled the scene. Scotland Yard called for the area to be avoided.

Videos showed how police officers with guns at hand attacked a man lying on the floor. The body looked lifeless. The police assume a terrorist background.

London: man stabbed several people - police assume terror

Update 4:40 p.m .: The knife attacker in London was shot by the police - this fact is now officially confirmed. The man had previously stabbed several people , it said in a tweet from the London Metropolitan Police. According to the findings to date, the investigators assume that there is a terrorist background .

#INCIDENT A man has been shot by armed officers in #Streatham. At this stage it is believed a number of people have been stabbed. The circumstances are being assessed; the incident has been declared as terrorist-related. Please follow @metpoliceuk for updates

- Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) February 2, 2020

Knife attack in south London? Police are said to have shot attackers

London - A man in London has reportedly injured two people with a knife in social media reports. The situation is still completely confusing, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday the German press agency. The motive is also unclear. According to a report by the Telegraph, the perpetrator was allegedly shot by police officers.

The incident occurred, according to the paper, on Streatham High Road in South London. Accordingly, there are reports on three shots that were fired on social media.

The incident commemorates the London Bridge attack a few months ago.

* * INCIDENT

Officers are dealing with an incident in #Streatham

More updates to come, we will share information as we have it.

- Lambeth MPS (@LambethMPS) February 2, 2020

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Source: merkur

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