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Thursday, April 30, 2026
Essa Suleiman, 45, named as suspect in northwest London terror attack
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A photo believed to be of Essa Suleiman, charged with attempted murder in the April 29, 2026, terror stabbing of two Jews in London. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Essa Suleiman, 45, is named in British media reports as the suspected assailant in yesterday’s antisemitic terror attack in northwest London.
He was born in Somalia but immigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1990s, and is now a British citizen, according to the BBC.
The two victims remain in the hospital in stable condition. They have been identified as Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76.
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