A knife-wielding assailant stabbed three people at a London Underground train station as he screamed "this is for Syria" before being taken into custody, an assault Scotland Yard was treating as a "terrorist incident".
Police were called to reports of people being attacked at Leytonstone station last evening. A man believed to be aged 56 suffered knife wounds which were serious but not life-threatening while two other people sustained minor injuries in the attack.
The Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command were investigating the stabbing in Leytonstone in which witnesses claimed the attacker said his actions were linked to Syria.
The knifeman reportedly shouted “this is for Syria”.
Police officers tasered the suspect. It took just under eight minutes for an officer armed with a Taser to reach the scene. An armed response vehicle was also sent to the underground station, but firearms officers were not needed.
Screaming ‘this is for Syria’, man stabs three at London station
Police were called to reports of people being attacked at Leytonstone station last evening. A man believed to be aged 56 suffered knife wounds which were serious but not life-threatening while two other people sustained minor injuries in the attack.
The Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command were investigating the stabbing in Leytonstone in which witnesses claimed the attacker said his actions were linked to Syria.
The knifeman reportedly shouted “this is for Syria”.
Police officers tasered the suspect. It took just under eight minutes for an officer armed with a Taser to reach the scene. An armed response vehicle was also sent to the underground station, but firearms officers were not needed.
Screaming ‘this is for Syria’, man stabs three at London station
