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Muslim known to police, screaming “Allahu akbar,” wearing suicide vest, stabs several people in London

FEB 2, 2020 1:41 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER33 COMMENTS

A clear case of “mental illness” and “right-wing extremism.” Time for a new silencing on social media of voices deemed “Islamophobic.”

“TERROR PROBE Streatham attack: LIVE news as police shoot terrorist dead in London after stabbings – latest updates
Live Blog,” by Ellie Cambridge, Matthew Coyle, and Max Jeffery, The Sun, February 2, 2020:

POLICE have shot a man dead in Streatham, south London.

At least two people have been injured during the terror-related incident.

The man shot dead by police was wearing a “fake suicide” vest….

National security analyst Margaret Gilmore, speaking to Sky News, said the attacker was likely known by security services.

She said: “There were armed police officers. There were also, it appears, undercover, non-uniformed police officers around, and they seemed to know exactly who they were looking for.

“I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we find that he was linked to ISIS. He will be somebody who has been open the radar of the police or MI5.”

4 hours ago2nd February 2020

ATTACKER KILLED

Police have confirmed that they shot the attacker at the scene.

Witnesses said they appeared to be wearing a suicide vest….

Richard Mustonen-Smith, 59, said his grandson was told to leave the cinema because “there was a bomb”.

He told PA: “My grandson was in the Odeon and they got told to go out the back because there was a bomb. They got them to go out of the back of the cinema. They were there to watch a film.

“I heard two people got stabbed and apparently one man was shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ but people thought he was just a crazy man, so he got away. Apparently he had two rucksacks.”
5 hours ago2nd February 2020

‘HE STABBED ME IN THE BACK’

One witness who watched the scenes unfold told the Sun Online: “I was outside having a cigarette near Argos and Iceland when I saw a woman in hysterics running up the street screaming ‘he stabbed me in the back.’

“As that was happening I looked up and saw another commotion and a man run away with a huge knife. 

“There was a guy on the floor covered in blood with a huge gash down his side. 

“He was in a really bad way and people were circled round him shouting ‘stay with us’. His clothes were soaked in blood.

“Then I heard the gunshots. There was one first. Then a pause for a while and two or three more. 

“The guy was just running around with a huge knife randomly stabbing people so police had to stop him….
5 hours ago2nd February 2020

‘THEY ARE THE BEST OF US’

Sadiq Khan has praised armed police for their swift response to the Streatham incident, saying “They truly are the best of us.”

He added: “Terrorists seek to divide us to to destroy our way of life – here in London we will never let them succeed.”