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Lack of armed response to Tube knifer criticized in UK
A man will appear in court on Monday accused of the Leytonstone Tube stabbing.Muhaydin Mire, 29, from Sansom Road, east London, will appear before Westminster magistrates charged with the attempted murder of a 56-year-old man. It came as Britain's armed response to terror attacks was called in to question after uniformed [but unarmed] officers were left to deal with a suspected Islamist fanatic who tried to murder Tube passengers in revenge for Syria airstrikes. A former Scotland Yard commander said it was "alarming" that armed officers were not on the scene to tackle the man who attacked two men, leaving one lying in a pool of blood.
"We are really appealing for anyone who may still have any footage to get in touch with us," he told Radio 4's Today programme. One of the videos, uploaded to Twitter shows police confronting a man believed to be the attacker, while an onlooker can be heard shouting: "You ain't no Muslim bruv." A laser targeting light can be seen on the floor near the suspected attacker just before he collapsed to the floor. Police were called at 7.06pm on to reports of a number of people stabbed at the station and unformed officers from Waltham Forest arrived five minutes later. The man was detained by 7.14pm. 8 minutes from being called to nabbing the perp is not bad. I had hoped to see a Londoner take on the knifer with his brolly. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-07 |
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