A man arrested after a knife attack at Leytonstone Underground station will appear in court charged with attempted murder. Other two are suffering from minor injuries.
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“We are treating this as a terrorist incident”, Commander Richard Walton, leader of Scotland Yard’s counterterrorism unit, said in a statement. The investigation could be announced as early as this week.
The man was eventually overpowered by police officers, who used a Taser to disable and disarm him.
The video depicts a tense scene as officers surround the man, dressed in khaki trousers and a gray shirt, and demand that he surrender.
A man who tackled a knife-wielding terror suspect at an east London tube station has slammed the onlookers who failed to intervene during the attack. The victim suffered “serious” stab wounds but is in a stable condition in an east London hospital, police said.
Police received reports of a stabbing and a man threatening the public with a knife at Leytonstone underground station at 7.06pm on Saturday, local time.
The hashtag follows in the footsteps of similar messages on Twitter meant to express defiance and solidarity in the wake of terrorist attacks.
“First of all, full credit to the person and people who took on this attacker, and full credit to the very courageous police officers who managed to subdue him”. Police said the man, believed to be aged 29, had also threatened other bystanders.
Britain’s national terror threat level was raised in August 2014 to severe, the second highest of five levels, meaning an attack is considered highly likely.
The knifeman reportedly said “this is for Syria”, after he carried out the assault. Then I saw the guy attacking the victim, punching him so hard. I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant.
Transport for London, which runs the Underground, shut down a large part of the eastern Central line after the stabbing, but services resumed Sunday. The last terror attack in Britain was in May 2013, when two British-born, al-Qaida-inspired extremists stabbed an off-duty soldier to death on a busy London street.
A man in the crowd shouts, “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv!”.
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Prime Minister David Cameron has said the air strikes will not increase the likelihood of an attack on Britain, which he says militants already view as a top target, with seven plots foiled over the past year.
