Police: cutthroat from London to Somali Norwegian citizenship – Virtual Poland

• British police: striker from London to Norwegian roots Somali

 • Probably the attack was not a terrorist base

 • The course of the investigation indicates mental problems detained man

 • The woman he killed a cutthroat American

 • Among the injured are citizens of Spain, Israel, Australia and the UK
 

In the night from Wednesday to Thursday armed with a knife man attacked six people at Russell Square in central London, mortally wounding 60-year-old woman. The attack occurred near the British Museum, University of London and many popular hotels. Armed police patrol appeared on the scene six minutes after application. Officers overpowered striker Taser and then arrested on suspicion of murder. Mark Rowley from the Metropolitan Police stressed at a press conference that the ministry “they think that it was a spontaneous attack and the victims were random.”

The attacker was identified as 19-year-old Norwegian citizen of Somali origin. Rowley reported that the murdered woman was an American, and five wounded – citizens of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Israel. As assured, their life is not in danger.
 

 - So far we did not find any evidence of radicalization, which would suggest that the man found in custody was motivated by the desire to perform any act of terrorism – said Rowley. He explained that these proposals are based on the interrogation of the attacker, his family and witnesses night attack, searching his apartment and the exchange of information with the special services.
 

The police, however, asks that all those who have any information on the matter, reported to the departments.
 

The Commissioner praised the quick response uniformed services, indicating that the arrest occurred “without firing a shot, according to the British tradition to use the minimum required force.”
 

 - I want all those who are today in London – residents, businessmen, tourists – know that we are doing everything we can to protect you – assured Rowley, adding that the increased presence of armed police on the streets of the British capital is a “precaution” .
 

The attacks involving knives are not uncommon in London; according to the Metropolitan Police last year, police were called to approx. 9 thousand. such incidents. Over the past 12 months died from the knife 12 people and 291 were seriously injured. Only on Wednesday evening there was another similar attack – in Wandsworth, south London knife killed one person and wounded two.
 

The incident at Russell Square occurred less than 24 hours after the head of the Metropolitan Police, Bernard Hogan-Howe and Mayor of Sadiq Khan reported that the streets of the British capital will be patrolling the 600 armed police in order to prevent terrorist attacks like to those of the countries of continental Europe.
 

Hogan-Howe and Khan stressed on Wednesday morning that the decision is preventive in nature and not the result of obtaining intelligence information about the immediate, specific threat. The level of terrorist threat in London, however, remains at the level of “serious” – the fourth in a five-point scale – meaning that an attack is “highly possible”.