Police shoot attackers – knife attack probably Islamist motivated
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Suspected terrorism – police shoot knife attackers
– – In London, a man attacked and injured several people with a knife. Officials then shot the man. A terrorist background is not excluded. – –
– According to police, a man in London seriously injured two people with a knife. The officials assume an Islamist terrorist background. The perpetrator is said to have carried a dummy dummy. – – – NAfter 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 site during the attack 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. The man who had attacked pedestrians in the Streatham district in the early afternoon had been shot by the police. According to recent police reports, three people with injuries were hospitalized after the attack, with one patient in mortal danger. Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the police and emergency services via Twitter. “My thoughts are with the injured and all concerned,” he said. The police apparently responded to the threat within a few minutes. According to the BBC, British anti-terrorist police mobile units are constantly on the move in London to intervene as quickly as possible in the event of a terrorist attack. London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted: “Terrorists are trying to divide us and destroy our lifestyle – here in London we will never succeed.”
