Knife-packing terrorist foiled by London police near Parliament (1 Viewer)

[D.O.A.]

A suspected terrorist attack was thwarted in central London on Thursday after armed police arrested a man who is alleged to have been carrying knives near the Houses of Parliament.

The dramatic afternoon arrest followed a tense intelligence operation that had earlier identified the man detained as being of concern to counter-terrorism investigators. His movements were being tracked just before his arrest.

The scene where the man, aged 27, was arrested is metres away from where five weeks ago Khalid Masood attacked Westminster bridge and the parliamentary estate, leaving five people, including himself, dead. That attack last month saw Masood first use a vehicle to mow down pedestrians and then a knife to stab a police officer to death.

Terrorist armed with knives arrested by London police

 

[Wayne Kerr]

id reckon more people have died from knife attacks than 59 missiles and a moab.

 

[McM]

id reckon more people have died from knife attacks than 59 missiles and a moab.

Holy sheiit, that's a sweet wife!

 

[Wayne Kerr]

not his wife. google "crocodile dundee". back to reality: 2 american soldiers killed by isis at the moab site. how much is a life worth? 2X+16000000=?

 

[Wayne Kerr]

laymans terms. theyre killing more of us for pennies on the dollar and were wasting valuable resources considering war with another baby with bad hair is on the horizon.

 

[McM]

not his wife. google "crocodile dundee".

Thought he'd married her after the filming.

 

[Wayne Kerr]

Thought he'd married her after the filming.

i remember the trailer.

 

[nola]

Thought he'd married her after the filming.

He did.

 

[MATAMUERTOS]

as long as i'm still more likely to be killed by lightning than a knife wielding terrorist i aint losing any sleep.

 

[D.O.A.]

Woman shot by police during London counter-terrorism raid

The woman who was shot was taken to hospital by the London ambulance service. She was “one of the subjects of the investigation”, the Metropolitan police said, but had not yet been arrested due to her condition –described as “serious but stable” – and remained under a police guard in hospital. There were no other reported injuries.

The four people in custody are a man and a woman, both aged 20, a 43-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy. All four have been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

The police said in a statement: “This incident is not connected to the arrest in Whitehall earlier today. In line with established post incident procedures, the incident has been referred to the Met’s directorate of professional standards. This matter has also been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission as a matter of course.”

 

[HG]

Westminster terror suspect identified - BBC News

A terror suspect arrested near the Houses of Parliament is Khalid Mohamed Omar Ali, the BBC understands.

The 27-year-old was detained as part of an intelligence-led operation after a concerned family member is believed to have contacted the police.

He was held on Thursday on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and preparing for acts of terrorism.

Mr Ali is thought to be a UK national - but born overseas - and to have gone to school in Tottenham, north London.

He is still being held in custody at a south London police station.