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Streatham attack: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed in ‘terror incident’ in London

A convicted terrorist was shot dead by armed police after stabbing two people on a London high street.

The Metropolitan Police said they were treating the incident in Streatham at 2pm on Sunday as an Islamist-related attack.

Officers named the suspect as Sudesh Amman, 20, who had been released from prison days earlier.

A man in his 40s remains in hospital but is no longer in a life-threatening condition. A woman in her 50s was discharged following treatment.

Police said a third victim suffered minor injuries, believed to be caused by flying glass during the shooting of the suspect.

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[2 February 2020 22:17 · Peter Stubley]

Police confirm attacker was 20-year-old Sudesh Amman

DAC Lucy D'Orsi said police were confident that the suspect was Sudesh Amman, 20, who had recently been released from prison for Islamist-related terrorist offences.

He was being followed by undercover officers on foot when he launched his attack.

[2 February 2020 22:49 · Peter Stubley]

The body of the Streatham terror attacker has been removed from the scene in a private ambulance.

A body is carried away from the scene in Streatham High Road, south London 

[2 February 2020 22:50 · Peter Stubley]

Here's the updated police statement in full:

At approximately 2pm today, Sunday, 2 February two people were stabbed in Streatham High Road, Lambeth.

Armed officers, who were part of a proactive counter-terrorism surveillance operation and were following the suspect on foot, were in immediate attendance and shot a male suspect dead at the scene.

The suspect had been recently released from prison where he had been serving a sentence for Islamist-related terrorism offences.

The officers saw that a device was strapped to his body and called in specialist explosives officers and additional armed officers to deal with the potential threat that posed.

Cordons were put in place and it was quickly established that this was a hoax device.

Initial first aid was provided to victims by our officers and London Ambulance Service continued their treatment once they were able to do so safely. Three people were taken by ambulance to south London hospitals.

One man, who is in his 40s, was initially considered to be in a life-threatening condition however, we are thankful that following his treatment at hospital, this is no longer the case.

One woman in her 50s had non-life threatening injuries and has been discharged from hospital.

Another woman in her 20s has minor injuries - believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of the police firearm. She continues to receive treatment at hospital. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.

We are confident that this is an isolated incident that has been contained. Officers from our Counter Terrorism Command are investigating at pace. We are also liaising and co-operating with the Independent Office of Police Conduct as they conduct their necessary inquiries.

The suspect has not yet been formally identified however, given the circumstance of the incident, we are confident that he was Sudesh Amman, aged 20.

Streatham High Road remains closed at this time, and cordons are in place. We will reopen these as soon as we can.

We would like to thank the numerous members of the public who assisted officers and ambulance staff this afternoon following what was a very difficult incident. I am also extremely proud of the bravery of our armed officers.

[2 February 2020 23:47 · Peter Stubley]

Here's some more detail on attacker Sudesh Amman, who appears to have been released around a week ago.

[2 February 2020 23:49 · Peter Stubley]

Here's some more detail on the attacker, Sudesh Amman, who was apparently released from prison about a week ago.