Neighbors say London terrorist tried to radicalize kids

5 June 2017, 4:20 pm

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Neighbors of one of the dead suspects in the London Bridge attacks say he was trying to radicalize young people, and that they reported him to police.

Jibril Palomba says he and his wife worried because the man, whom they knew as Abu Mohammed and recognized in photos of the attack, gave their children candy and preached about Islam. Erica Gasparri says she also saw him and two other men proselytizing outside a school.

Another neighbor, Michael Mimbo, says the van later used to ram pedestrians on the bridge was blocking the road at the suspect’s housing complex on Friday. The next day, Mimbo says that same van sped erratically down the street.

Police have not released the names of the three attackers who killed seven people before being shot to death.

— AP