London police treat subway stabbing as terrorism

Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY

LONDON — Police here say they are treating a stabbing attack at a subway station as a terrorist incident.

Officers were called to reports of "a number of people" stabbed at Leytonstone underground station in east London on Saturday evening, Scotland Yard said.

Britain, December 6, 2015.
The attacker shouted "this is for Syria," according to media reports. A bystander is heard shouting: "You ain't no Muslim bruv (brother)" in video posted on social media purporting to be from the incident.
Police said a man, believed to be 29, was tasered and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He remained in police custody Sunday.
A male victim, thought to be 56 years old, was seriously injured, Scotland Yard said. His condition is not thought to be life-threatening. The police force initially said that two other people suffered minor injuries, but on Sunday said a man was slightly wounded and a woman was threatened by the attacker, but was not injured.
In the #Leytonstone video, a bystander shouts to the attacker, who is pinned down: "You ain't no Muslim, bruv!" pic.twitter.com/gFzXMEHTPc

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Witness Michael Garcia, 24, told the BBC he saw people running outside the station, then saw a man "lying on the floor with a guy standing next to him brandishing a knife of about three inches... maybe a hobby knife".
"It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," he added. "He was screaming 'go on, then, run' to everyone else. He was pacing back and forth next to the guy on the floor."
Commander Richard Walton, head of Scotland Yard's counter terrorism team, said: "We are treating this as a terrorist incident. I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant. The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely."

Last month, Prime Minister David Cameron told the BBC that the country's security officials foiled seven terrorist attacks in the last six months.
His statement followed the terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people and injured hundreds. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for those attacks.
Britain started conducting airstrikes against the militants in Syria on Thursday, hours after the U.K. parliament backed the action, amid a request from French President Francois Hollande for its allies to do more to combat the extremists.

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All of today's reports are referring to this attack as (Islamic) terrorism.
But take note of the PC word 'extremists' ,we will be seeing & hearing that more & more.
Perhaps... in reference to any group, in the future..IMO.

I was watching this morning on the news.

Attempted murder here means probably 10 years. Might get a bit more as it's terrorism.

Good behaviour he'll be out in half that.

So, if you ever come to the UK, remember our streets are safe because of our strict prison sentences.

The law is an A$$ over here, or at least the sentences are.

It will be interesting to see if he was born here or just casually arrived one day, met with open arms of course.