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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

London terror attacks

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley speaks to the media in London, Sept. 15, 2017. Veteran counterterrorism police officer Mark Rowley will be the new chief of London’s troubled Metropolitan Police, the British government said Friday, July 8 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
July 11, 2022, 12:27 am
UK appoints counterterror cop to head troubled London police
Mark Rowley, former head of Met’s counter-terrorism unit, to take helm after spate of scandals, including the kidnap, rape and murder of a stranger by an officer
By Agencies
A police forensic officer works at the scene of Sunday's terror stabbing attack in the Streatham area of south London Monday Feb. 3, 2020 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
February 4, 2020, 8:55 am
After stabbing attacks, UK to end automatic early release of terror convicts
Following 2 recent attacks in London, justice secretary says government will introduce emergency legislation to halt early freedom without review for terror offenders
By DANICA KIRKA
Police officers stand guard near the scene after a stabbing incident in Streatham, London, England, February 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
February 3, 2020, 12:18 pm
British police search homes in terror stabbing probe
PM Boris Johnson vows to change laws that let convicted terrorists, like Sunday’s stabber, obtain an early release from prison
By AFP
Police officers patrol the scene in central London, December 1, 2019, after an attack on London Bridge on Friday. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
January 21, 2020, 5:49 am
UK to end early release of terror prisoners
Government says it will launch ‘major review’ of current practices, following last year’s London Bridge attack by convicted terrorist Usman Khan
By AFP
Darryn Frost uses a narwhal tusk against terrorist Usman Khan during a deadly stabbing attack on London Bridge, November 29, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
December 21, 2019, 12:53 pm
Mystery man who used narwhal tusk to subdue London Bridge terrorist identified
Darryn Frost says he instinctively grabbed the rare object off the wall when Usman Khan began stabbing people in deadly attack last month
By Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C) visits the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge in the City of London on November 30, 2019. (Simon Dawson/Pool/AFP)
December 1, 2019, 8:54 pm
Fatal UK stabbing attack now a political football as Johnson, Corbyn spar
With just 12 days to go to a general election, would-be premiers insist the other side won’t protect Britons from the likes of terrorist Usman Khan
By Agencies
Undated family photo issued by London's Metropolitan Police showing Saskia Jones, who died during a terror attack at London Bridge, on November 29, 2019. (Family photo/ London's Metropolitan Police via AP)
December 1, 2019, 8:54 pm
Second London terror victim identified as Saskia Jones, 23
Jones, of Warwickshire, was a volunteer at the event marking prisoner rehabilitation where former convict Usman Khan went on deadly rampage
By AFP
Usman Khan, suspect in a fatal terrorist stabbing spree in London, November 29, 2019. (West Midlands Police)
November 30, 2019, 11:19 pm
UK terror suspect plotted to kill 2 rabbis, target sites in Mumbai-style attack
Usman Khan, 28, was convicted in 2012 of grave terror charges, served less than half of his prison term before being released early
By ToI Staff and Agencies
British police officers stand on duty at the southern entrance to London Bridge, leading to the City of London, on November 30, 2019, following the November 29 terror incident in which two people died after being stabbed on the bridge. (Photo: Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) Inset: Victim Jack Merritt, 25. (Photo: Merritt's Instagram page)
November 30, 2019, 6:41 pm
First victim in London terror attack named; officials praise ‘hero’ bystanders
Jack Merritt, 25, was working at prisoner rehabilitation event also attended by terror suspect Usman Khan; video shows men with fire extinguisher, tusk, battling with killer
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, (2R), Home Secretary Priti Patel, (2L), Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick (L) and Commissioner of the City of London Police, Ian Dyson arrive at the scene of a stabbing, on London Bridge in the City of London on November 30, 2019 (SIMON DAWSON / POOL / AFP)
November 30, 2019, 3:10 pm
UK’s automatic prisoner release policy under scrutiny after freed jihadi slays 2
Following deadly London terror attack, ex-counterterrorism official warns criminal justice system ‘playing Russian roulette with lives’; PM Johnson says ‘system is not working’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Usman Khan, suspect in a fatal terrorist stabbing spree in London, November 29, 2019. (West Midlands Police)
November 30, 2019, 3:37 am
London attacker ID’d as ex-terror convict, reportedly had Islamic extremist ties
Usman Khan, who killed 2 in terror stabbing spree, was released from prison last year after serving six years for terrorism offenses; one victim still in critical condition
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Armed police with dogs patrol along Cannon Street in central London, on November 29, 2019 after a stabbing attack on London Bridge. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)
November 30, 2019, 1:21 am
London attacker said to have Islamic extremist ties, was jailed for terrorism
Suspected perpetrator of deadly stabbing was known to British security authorities, was wearing electronic monitoring tag, according to UK media reports
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mounted police patrol along Cannon Street in central London, on November 29, 2019. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)
November 29, 2019, 10:15 pm
London Bridge stabbing is latest in string of UK terror attacks in recent years
Britain has been struck by a series of attacks over past decade and a half, many of them claimed by jihadists
By AFP
Police recover the car that crashed into security barriers from the scene outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster in London, August 14, 2018. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
August 15, 2018, 4:48 pm
Police name London attack suspect as Briton originally from Sudan
Salih Khater, 29, is accused of terror offenses, attempted murder; UK authorities mull turning Parliament area into pedestrian zone to stop vehicular attacks
By Agencies
In this frame grab provided by UK Newsflare, emergency services attend the wounded after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London, August 14, 2018. (UK Newsflare via AP)
August 14, 2018, 5:03 pm
Trump urges tough action against ‘crazy animals’ after London attack
Theresa May says her ‘thoughts are with those injured’ in car-ramming being treated by authorities as case of terror
By Agencies
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