UNITED KINGDOM - Just two weeks after the attack by Hamas on Israel, a terror attack in Britain has allegedly been carried out by an asylum seeker.
According to the Daily Mail, the man who had come to the United Kingdom (UK) back in 2020 told police that he wanted to avenge the deaths of people in Gaza and that he carried out the attacks for "Palestine."
The suspect is currently in custody. He allegedly told authorities that he had committed the offense because Israel had killed children in Gaza.
In the days since Hamas' attack on Israel, world leaders warned that other countries could see "lone-wolf" terrorist attacks, which is why some senior politicians questioned law enforcement on the attacker's motive for his actions and why it was not made public.
They said that there were warnings of pro-Palestine protests over the weekend that could encourage those "lone-wolf" attacks. Police said that it is "wrong and grossly misleading" to suggest that it had deliberately withheld information from the public.
As with many investigations, certain details of a case are not shared with the public due to active legal proceedings or other police department policies.
The terror attack in the UK came shortly after a gunman in Brussells killed two Swedish football fans. He was later fatally shot by police while in a cafe. The man, who was 45-years-old, identified himself as a member of Islamic State.
In a video posted online, he claimed responsibility for the shooting of the two Swedes. After the attack, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said, "This is a time for more security, we can't be naive. These terrorists want to scare us into obedience and silence. That will not happen."
Before the terror attack in the UK, Ken McCallum, the directer-general of MI5, warned that terrorist attacks in Britain could be prompted by what is happening between Hamas and Israel.
He said, "There is clearly the possibility that profound events in the Middle East will either generate more volume of UK treat and/or changes shape in terms of what is being targeted."
According to reports, since Hamas' terrorst attack on October 7th, just under 1,400 referrals have been made to the Met Police's online counter-terrorism unit. Of those, over 100 have been investigated to see if there was a breach of the Terrorism Act.
Additionally, anti-semitism charity CST said that it has recorded 533 anti-Semmitic indicidents in Britain since the war in Israel started.
Jonathan Hall KC, who has reportedly reviewed terror laws for the government, said that large-scale protests might give some people the feeling that they are "allowed" to commit these terror acts in response.
A spokesperson for Counter Terrorism Policing said that police did not deliberately mislead or withold information from the public. The spokesperson said, "Any accusation that the public have been misled or that information has been deliberately withheld is wrong and grossly misleading."
They added, "However, we have issued several public statements in relation to this matter previously. We routinely share and publicize information about ongoing investigations, arrests and charges, through our online channels and by updating the media direct."
According to the Daily Mail, the man who had come to the United Kingdom (UK) back in 2020 told police that he wanted to avenge the deaths of people in Gaza and that he carried out the attacks for "Palestine."
The suspect is currently in custody. He allegedly told authorities that he had committed the offense because Israel had killed children in Gaza.
In the days since Hamas' attack on Israel, world leaders warned that other countries could see "lone-wolf" terrorist attacks, which is why some senior politicians questioned law enforcement on the attacker's motive for his actions and why it was not made public.
They said that there were warnings of pro-Palestine protests over the weekend that could encourage those "lone-wolf" attacks. Police said that it is "wrong and grossly misleading" to suggest that it had deliberately withheld information from the public.
As with many investigations, certain details of a case are not shared with the public due to active legal proceedings or other police department policies.
The terror attack in the UK came shortly after a gunman in Brussells killed two Swedish football fans. He was later fatally shot by police while in a cafe. The man, who was 45-years-old, identified himself as a member of Islamic State.
In a video posted online, he claimed responsibility for the shooting of the two Swedes. After the attack, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said, "This is a time for more security, we can't be naive. These terrorists want to scare us into obedience and silence. That will not happen."
Before the terror attack in the UK, Ken McCallum, the directer-general of MI5, warned that terrorist attacks in Britain could be prompted by what is happening between Hamas and Israel.
He said, "There is clearly the possibility that profound events in the Middle East will either generate more volume of UK treat and/or changes shape in terms of what is being targeted."
According to reports, since Hamas' terrorst attack on October 7th, just under 1,400 referrals have been made to the Met Police's online counter-terrorism unit. Of those, over 100 have been investigated to see if there was a breach of the Terrorism Act.
Additionally, anti-semitism charity CST said that it has recorded 533 anti-Semmitic indicidents in Britain since the war in Israel started.
Jonathan Hall KC, who has reportedly reviewed terror laws for the government, said that large-scale protests might give some people the feeling that they are "allowed" to commit these terror acts in response.
A spokesperson for Counter Terrorism Policing said that police did not deliberately mislead or withold information from the public. The spokesperson said, "Any accusation that the public have been misled or that information has been deliberately withheld is wrong and grossly misleading."
They added, "However, we have issued several public statements in relation to this matter previously. We routinely share and publicize information about ongoing investigations, arrests and charges, through our online channels and by updating the media direct."
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Comments
2023-10-23T12:06-0400 | Comment by: Todd
These "lone-wolf" terrorist attacks will increase ! Sleeper cells have already infiltrated western civilized countries globally and are awaiting orders to activate. Things will be much worse once this occurs ! These terror cells will have much more devastating results in locations where the civilian populations have strict gun control restrictions in place !