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    Woman killed in London attack was an American, police say

    Woman killed in London attack was an American, police say

    Published August 04, 2016
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    LONDON -- Police on Thursday confirmed to CBS News that the woman killed inWednesday's knife attack in central London was an American citizen.

    An American woman was killed and five other people injured in a stabbing attack in London’s Russell Square by a Norwegian man of Somali origin who was arrested after the incident, authorities said.

    The investigation “increasingly points to this tragic incident as having been triggered by mental-health issues,” Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said.

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    "So far we have found no evidence of radicalization or anything that would suggest the man in our custody was motivated by terrorism," Rowley added.

    He said the woman who died was a 60-year-old American, and the five injured people are British, American, Israeli and Australian. None had life-threatening injuries. Two remain in a hospital, while three others have been discharged.

    The suspect emigrated from Norway to the United Kingdom in 2002 at about five years old.

    Rowley said it appeared to be a "spontaneous attack and that the victims were selected at random."

    Detectives from the force's murder and terrorism squads interviewed the suspect, his family and witnesses and searched several properties, and found no evidence of radicalization, he said.

    "Our thoughts are with the victims and the families of those killed or injured in last night's attack in London," State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner responded.

    Police put more officers on London streets after the incident, which came just days after authorities had warned the public to be vigilant in light of attacks inspired by the Islamic State group elsewhere in Europe.
    Police said they received "numerous" calls from members of the public at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday about a man attacking people with a knife in the streets around Russell Square, a busy central area full of students and tourists.

    Officers used a stun gun to subdue a 19-year-old suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of murder.
    Helen Edwards, 33, who lives in the area, came out for a walk late Wednesday and found armed police near a subway station. In a city with vivid memories of the July 7, 2005, attacks on public transport — two of which struck near Russell Square — she immediately suspected that an attack had occurred.

    The scene was described as chaotic. The suspect lunged for anyone he could reach, a witness said. A Spanish family offered comfort to the woman who died from her injuries. One woman in the family was tried to keep her alive and talked to her.

    Ellie Cattle, 21, a student staying in a hotel near the square, said she heard police shouting: "'Put it down, put it down!'

    "Then I heard what sounded like a gunshot, but it must have been the Taser," she said. "After that they just stopped shouting. I didn't hear any screams from anyone."

    Knives are the most common murder weapon in Britain, which has strict gun-control laws. There were 186 knife killings in the year to March 2015, according to government statistics — a third of all murders.

    In the last three years London has seen two knife attacks by people inspired by radical Islam. In May 2013, two al-Qaida-inspired London men killed off-duty soldier Lee Rigby in the street near his barracks. In January, mentally ill Muhiddin Mire tried to behead a London Underground passenger, shouting that he was doing it "for Syria."

    The Russell Square incident came within hours of an announcement by London police that they were putting more armed officers on the streets. The idea was to sustain public confidence following attacks by Islamic State-inspired groups in Europe.

    Police in Britain do not carry guns for the most part — a principle that remains unchanged. Even with the additional armed officers, most of London's 31,000 police officers will not be armed.

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    The somalian killer came to Britain from Norway at age 5 - one third of somalians are mentally ill. This is what they are spreading to the west - mentally ill butchers of human beings.

    Video: The moment police bundled crazed Norwegian-Somali knife attacker to the ground after he stabbed US woman to death in Russell Square. Police claim attack was 'spontaneous and random'


    • American citizen in her 60s has died and five others injured after knifeman, 19, 'went on the rampage'
    • Police called to Russell Square at 10.30pm last night after witnesses say screaming victims tried to flee
    • One witness said: 'There was a madman running around with a knife just lunging at people randomly and stabbing them. He was just going for anyone he could see'
    • Tourist Chanel Britton, 19, captured moment teenage murder suspect was pinned down by eight officers
    • Somali, who Tasered and spent night in hospital before being taken to a South London police station
    • Other victims are British, American, Israeli and Australian. Two are in hospital and three were discharged
    • Scotland Yard said knifeman has 'significant mental health issues' and now believe it was not terror related
    • Vile ISIS supporters still celebrate Russell Square bloodbath in 'centre of Christendom'

    By Martin Robinson, Uk Chief Reporter and Ollie Gillman and Flora Drury For Mailonline
    Published: 19:51 EST, 3 August 2016 | Updated: 16:18 EST, 4 August 2016


    This is the moment a mentally ill Norwegian of Somali origin was pinned to the ground after he murdered an American woman and injured five pedestrians on a knife rampage in Russell Square last night.

    His victim, a US citizen in her 60s, said 'he's still here' as she used her final words to warn others their lives were also in danger, a witness told MailOnline today.

    She died in a pool of blood as she was cradled by a family of Spanish tourists, as the 19-year-old silently stabbed pedestrians in the back, side and arms who were left 'screaming and covered in blood'.

    Police were called at 10.30pm last night and Chanel Britton, 19, of Barnsley, who was staying in one of Russell Square's many hotels, captured the moment up to eight officers searched him after being Tasered to the ground.

    The teenager, a Somali who came to Britain from Norway aged five, was arrested on suspicion of murder and he spent the night in hospital before being moved to a south London police station.

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    A witness, who used towels bought on an earlier shopping trip to stem the flow of blood, told MailOnline: 'I was just trying to console her. The victim said something about: 'He's still here, he's still here' - after that she was not lucid. That's when I saw someone. He was meandering about. He was very disturbed'.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...al-London.html
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    they were returning home today. (Thursday)
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    'Nice to wake up to the news': Vile ISIS supporters celebrate Russell Square bloodbath in 'centre of Christendom'

    ISIS supporters have already expressed delight at the stabbing attack in London that left one American woman dead and five people injured.


    In the hours after the attack ISIS linked accounts on social media were soon reporting the news of the stabbings in a tourist hotspot in the heart of the British capital.


    US counter terrorism analyst Michael S. Smith posted on Twitter that the volume of communications in ISIS-linked social media accounts was 'low'



    The account wrote: 'And here you have a picture of the site where the stabbing took place, Russell Square in the centre of 'Christendom' London'

    London?s Russell Square ?terror? knife attack leaves woman dead and five injured | Daily Mail Online

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