Metropolitan Police

• A British soldier awaiting trial in terror case has escaped prison

  Daniel Abed Khalife, who was awaiting trial, escaped from His Majesty’s Prison Wandsworth, police said. He is accused of placing fake bombs outside a U.K. Ministry of Defence site.

  Crime

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• Canadian man charged by U.K. police with terrorism offence

  The 28-year-old man was arrested on July 17 after arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being a member of a 'proscribed organization' under British terror law.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
  
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• U.K. police officer charged in murder of Sarah Everard appears in court

  Wayne Couzens, is charged with kidnapping and killing Sarah Everard, who went missing while walking home from a friend's apartment in south London on the evening of March 3.

  World

  Mar 13, 2021
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• U.K. to announce rules for imprisonment of terrorists after stabbing in London

  The British government plans to announce new rules for the imprisonment of convicted terrorists after an Islamic militant who was recently released from prison stabbed two people in south London, the second such attack in less than three months.

  World

  Feb 3, 2020
• Police ID man believed to be behind ‘terror-related’ stabbings in London

  Police said a man with a fake bomb strapped to his body stabbed two people in a "terrorism-related" attack on a London street Sunday before he was shot to death by armed officers at the scene.

  Crime

  Feb 2, 2020
• Early release of convicted terrorist under scrutiny after London Bridge attack

  Neil Basu, London’s police counterterrorism chief, said 28-year-old Usman Khan was attending a program that works to educate prisoners when he launched Friday’s attack just yards from the site of a deadly 2017 van and knife rampage.

  World

  Nov 30, 2019
• Men use narwhal tusk, fire extinguisher to take down London Bridge attacker

  Dramatic video captured at the scene shows three men armed with a fire extinguisher and a large narwhal tusk take the man to the ground.

  World

  Nov 30, 2019
• Climate group Extinction Rebellion vows to fight London, U.K. protest ban

  "This is nature defending herself," said an XR co-founder, protesting one day after the ban was imposed. "I'm doing this for your children."

  Environment

  Oct 15, 2019
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• Man stabbed near British government offices in London, police say

  Officials said it was early to say whether the incident was linked to the Home Office, but there was no suggestion it was terrorism-related.

  World

  Aug 15, 2019
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• 4 dead including pregnant woman after violent 28-hour period in London

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan said police were working around the clock after four people were murdered in a bloody 28-hour period for Britain's capital.

  World

  Jun 30, 2019