2017 Buckingham Palace incident
On 25 August 2017, three police officers arrested a 26-year-old man in possession of a 4-foot long samurai sword inside a car near Buckingham Palace. The man had stopped his car after driving it towards a police vehicle. The police officers were slightly injured whilst making the arrest.
Incident[edit]
Three police officers suffered minor injuries while arresting a 26-year-old man in possession of a sword in his car outside Buckingham Palace in central London. Two of the injured officers were hospitalized, but both were soon discharged.[1] The would-be attacker also suffered injuries. The man is alleged to have stopped his Toyota Prius in front of a police van after driving at or towards it.[2][3][4] The suspect reached for his sword while seated inside when officers challenged him.[5][6] He reportedly shouted "Allahu akbar" (Arabic for "God is greatest") and was quickly subdued by police.[7][8]
The suspect is reported to have intended to attack Windsor Castle, but when he keyed it in, his satnav app directed him to a pub named "The Windsor Castle," and he decided to attack Buckingham Palace instead.[9][5]
Legal proceedings[edit]
Suspect was held in custody and on 31 August 2017 was charged with "engaging in conduct in preparation for giving effect to his intention to commit an act or acts of terrorism".[10][11]
Police investigation[edit]
The incident is being investigated under the Terrorism Act.[12][13] The investigation is being conducted by SO15, the counter-terrorism command at Scotland Yard.[2] Police said that the incident was being treated as terrorism but that they would remain open minded while the investigation continued, also that they were looking into the suspect’s mental-health history.[14]
The suspect lived with his family in Luton, he reportedly left a note for his sister,[15] telling her that he would be in heaven by the time she read it.[5][16] He was also reported as having left a document on his computer in which he wrote, "Tell everyone that I love them and that they should struggle against the enemies of Allah with their lives and their property,... The queen and her soldiers will all be in the hellfire.”[5][17][18] According to investigators, the suspect conducted numerous searches on the Islamic State in the two months preceding the incident, and had searched for material showing ISIS supporters celebrating the 2017 Westminster attack.[5]
Suspect[edit]
The suspect, Mohiussunnath Choudhury, a 26-year-old British Bangladeshi immigrant,[19][20][5][21] was born in Bangladesh but holds British citizenship.[1]
The suspect lived with his parents and sister in Luton and attended St. Lawrence Primary School and Uxbridge High School, London.[22]
Background[edit]
The incident followed a string of terrorist attacks in Europe,[23][24][25] and three terror attacks in London and one in Manchester since March 2017: the Westminster attack in March, the London Bridge attack and 2017 Finsbury Park attack a few weeks later, and the May Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester.[26][27][28]. The Independent subsequently grouped the preceding attacks (including Buckingham Palace) with the September Parsons Green bombing.[29]
The incident took place on the same day as the August 2017 Brussels attack.[30][31][32][33]
Reaction[edit]
Prime Minister Theresa May stated the police acted "quickly and bravely to protect the public."[34]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Khana, Aditi (1 September 2017). "Bangladeshi-born British citizen charged in Buckingham Palace attack". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dodd, Vikram (1 September 2017). "Palace terror suspect was Uber driver who had tried to get to Windsor Castle". theguardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "Palace suspect drove at UK police, went for 4-foot sword". Washington Post. AP. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "Mohiussunnath Choudhury faces Buckingham Palace terror charge". Sky News. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Gross, Jenny (1 September 2017). "Buckingham Palace Terror Attack Suspect Got Lost En Route to Original Target". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ Jane Onyanga-Omara. "Man charged with terrorism offenses near Buckingham Palace". USA Today. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Man charged with terrorism offenses after alleged attempted ramming incident near Buckingham Palace". Fox News. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ Kirkpatrick, David (26 August 2017). "Man With 4-Foot Sword Shouted 'Allahu Akbar' Outside Buckingham Palace, Police Say". New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ↑ Ward, Victoria (31 August 2017). "Buckingham Palace: Terror suspect headed for Windsor Castle but found himself at pub of the same name". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ "Man charged over Buckingham Palace incident". BBC News. BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ Lowe, Josh (31 August 2017). "Buckingham Palace: Terror Detectives Charge Man After Sword Attack Outside Queen Elizabeth II's Home". Newsweek. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace suspect was brandishing 4ft sword, police say". BBC News. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ "U.K. Police Open Terror Probe After Buckingham Palace Sword Incident". WSJ. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ Dodd, Vikram (26 August 2017). "Buckingham Palace suspect with 4ft sword shouted 'Allahu Akbar'". theguardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ John Simpson; Duncan Gardham (1 September 2017). "Buckingham Palace attack: suspect was 'Uber driver lost on way to Windsor'". The Times. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ Luigi Ippolito. "London, Buckingham Palace terrorist wanted to attack Windsor Castle: the mistake with the navigation system". Il Corriere (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Richard Hartley-Parkinson. "Buckingham Palace suspect 'meant to go to Windsor Castle but got address wrong'". Metro. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ Alex Diaz. "UBER'S PALACE RAIDER Terror suspect who planned sword attack at Buckingham Palace is an Uber driver who ended up there after putting Windsor Castle in his satnav but ending up at pub of same name". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "UPDATE: Man charged under Terrorism Act". Metropolitan Police. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Attack across from Buckingham: the attacker accused of terrorism". L'Express (in French). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Aditi Khanna (1 September 2017). "Bangladeshi-born British citizen charged in Buckingham Palace attack". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace attacker was on way to Windsor Castle". India Today. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ "Attack across Buckingham: the assailant charged with terrorism". Paris Match (in French). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Lizzie Dearden. "Buckingham Palace attack: Terror suspect reached for 4ft sword and shouted 'Allahu Akbar'". The Independent. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
Europe remains on high alert following a string of Isis-related attacks that have killed more than 340 victims in western Europe since 2014.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace attacker had '4-foot sword', shouted 'Allahu akbar'". Yahoo News. AFP. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
The incident comes with Britain and much of Europe on high alert following a string of major attacks over the past two years -- most of which have been claimed by jihadists -- and hours after a knife attack on soldiers in Brussels.
- ↑ Tom Porter. "Buckingham Palace: Terror Investigation Launched as 'Sword Wielding' Man Injures Officers". Newsweek. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace attacker had '4-foot sword', shouted 'Allahu akbar'". AFP. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ Greenfield, Daniel (6 September 2017). "A Bloody August – Global Terror Attacks Increase Amid Growing Fear". Jewish Voice. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ Lizzie Dearden (15 September 2017). "'That could have been me': Parsons Green residents try to process local bomb attack". The Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
The bleak assessment appears to be widely shared after a stream of terror attacks striking Westminster, Manchester, London Bridge, Finsbury Park, Buckingham Palace and now Parsons Green.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace attack: terror suspect reached for sword and shouted Allahu Akbar". The Australian. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ Hart, Benjamin (26 August 2017). "Suspected Terrorists Attack Police in Brussels, London". New York Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ Lizzie Dearden. "Brussels attacker shouted 'Allahu Akbar' while stabbing soldiers in attempted terror attack". The Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
The attack, which came just an hour before two police officers were attacked outside Buckingham Palace in London, follows a series of similar assaults across Europe.
- ↑ Chloe Kerr; Ben Leo; Emma Lake. "BUCK HOUSE SCARE Buckingham Palace terror attack – Man, 26, wielding four-foot sword deliberately drove at police and injured three cops as they took him down with CS spray". The Sun. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
The attack happened just one hour after a man was shot in the centre of Brussels after attacking two soldiers with a "machete".
- ↑ Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (26 August 2017). "A man wielded a 4-foot sword and attacked officers outside Buckingham Palace, police say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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