Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 03 Feb 2020, 10:50 am Print
Metropolitan Police Twitter page
Moscow/Sputnik: The Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) has claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred on Sunday in south London, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday, citing the IS-linked Amaq information outlet.
Earlier in the day, media reported that the attacker, Sudesh Amman, who attacked pedestrians on Streatham High Road with a knife, was identified as a convicted terrorist offender who was recently released from prison. According to the police department, two people, a man and a woman, were injured in the attack.
Following the harrowing incident in #Streatham yesterday, Commissioner Cressida Dick has visited the scene to speak to those officers and staff who continue to gather evidence.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) February 3, 2020
Streatham High Rd remains closed and cordons are in place. We will reopen the road as soon as we can pic.twitter.com/Cp5ibtG9X1
Government sources reportedly confirmed that Amman had been convicted on 13 terrorist offenses, including distributing extremist material and planning an attack in 2018. He was released days ago after serving half of his three-year sentence.
As I wrote yesterday, it was expected that #ISIS will claim #Streathamattack as Sudesh Amman was already jailed for his support for ISIS.
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) February 3, 2020
The Amaq claim is typical of other ISIS-inspired attacks, indicating the attack was not ISIS-coordinated.https://t.co/CHiDadpZNN
According to UK media, Amman was under surveillance at the moment of the attack.
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