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.[1]
Incident[edit]
Three police officers received minor injuries while attempting to arrest a 26-year-old man in possession of a sword, who had driven his car into a restricted area[2] outside Buckingham Palace in central London.[3][4] He struggled with the arresting officers, injuring two officers who were treated for their injuries at hospital and soon discharged.[5][1][5] The accused man also suffered injuries, he is alleged to have stopped his Toyota Prius in front of a police van after driving at or towards it.[6][7][8] The suspect reached for his sword while seated inside when officers challenged him.[9][10] He reportedly shouted "Allahu akbar" and was quickly subdued by police.[11][12]
The suspect, an Uber driver, 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.[13][9][14]
Writers at publications including The Times and the London Review of Books have used the detail about how this Uber driver and would-be jihadist intended to attack Windsor Castle, but was guided by his satnav to The Windsor Castle pub, and ended up attacking Buckingham Palace instead, in discussions - sometimes humorous - about satnav and about Uber.[15][14][16][9][17][15]
Police investigation[edit]
The incident was investigated under the Terrorism Act.[18][2] The investigation was conducted by SO15, Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command.[6] 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.[19]
Legal proceedings[edit]
The suspect was held in custody and on 31 August 2017 was charged at Westminster Magistrates' Court with "engaging in conduct in preparation for giving effect to his intention to commit an act or acts of terrorism".[20][21] He appeared at the Old Bailey on 21 September 2017 for a preliminary hearing relating to the same offence,[22] the trial was expected to take place early in 2018.[23] In January 2018, the suspect appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from Belmarsh prison, where he is being held, and pleaded not guilty to a charge of preparing to commit an act of terrorism; he was remanded to await a trial now scheduled for June 2018.[24]
Suspect[edit]
The suspect, Mohiussunnath Choudhury, a 26-year-old British Bangladeshi immigrant,[25][26][9][27] was born in Bangladesh but holds British citizenship.[5] He lived with his parents and sister in Luton and attended St. Lawrence Primary School and Uxbridge High School, London.[28]
The suspect left a note for his sister,[29] telling her that he would be in heaven by the time she read it.[9][30] He also 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.”[9][31][17] The Salisbury Review published a fuller version of the letter, "The Queen and her soldiers will all be in the hellfire they go to war with Muslims around the world and kill them without any mercy."[15] According to the Wall Street Journal, 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.[9]
Context[edit]
Europe has been on high alert following a series of attacks since 2014,[32][33] and three terror attacks in London and one in Manchester since March 2017: the Westminster attack in March, the London Bridge attack in June and the Finsbury Park attack a few weeks later, and the May Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester.[34][35][36][37]. The incident took place on the same day as an attack in Brussels.[38][39][40][41]
A nationwide survey conducted by the Police Federation of England and Wales in late 2017 found that 55% of officers were then willing to carry a gun on duty if so requested, an increase of over 10% compared with the previous survey in 2006, and that over a third of officers supported the carrying of guns on routine patrol duty, compared with 23% in 2006. However the greatest support among officers surveyed was not for guns to be issued routinely, but rather for more police to be trained to use firearms so that they could use them when needed.[3]
Reaction[edit]
Prime Minister Theresa May stated the police acted "quickly and bravely to protect the public."[42]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bird, Steve (26 August 2016). "Buckingham Palace knifeman had 4ft sword and shouted 'Allahu Akbar', police reveal". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "U.K. Police Open Terror Probe After Buckingham Palace Sword Incident". WSJ. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dearden, Lizzie (23 September 2017). "More police want to be armed with guns than ever before amid rise in terror attacks, survey finds". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ O'Leary, Elizabeth (25 August 2017). "Man with sword injures police outside UK Queen's palace". Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Khana, Aditi (1 September 2017). "Bangladeshi-born British citizen charged in Buckingham Palace attack". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dodd, Vikram (1 September 2017). "Palace terror suspect was Uber driver who had tried to get to Windsor Castle". theguardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "Palace suspect drove at UK police, went for 4-foot sword". Washington Post. AP. 26 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "Mohiussunnath Choudhury faces Buckingham Palace terror charge". Sky News. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Gross, Jenny (1 September 2017). "Buckingham Palace Terror Attack Suspect Got Lost En Route to Original Target". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ Jane Onyanga-Omara. "Man charged with terrorism offenses near Buckingham Palace". USA Today. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Man charged with terrorism offenses after alleged attempted ramming incident near Buckingham Palace". Fox News. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 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. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Jones, Thomas (16 November 2017). "X marks the self". London Review of Books. 39 (22): 29. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Kelly, Jane (28 September 2017). "Greed über Alles – London's web cabs are above the law". The Salisbury Review. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ↑ Baxter, Sarah (3 September 2017). "That's the last time Uber gives me the runaround". The Times. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 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. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace suspect was brandishing 4ft sword, police say". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ Dodd, Vikram (26 August 2017). "Buckingham Palace suspect with 4ft sword shouted 'Allahu Akbar'". theguardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "Man charged over Buckingham Palace incident". BBC News. BBC. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 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. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ Dearden, Lizzie (21 September 2017). "Buckingham Palace attack: Uber driver accused of attacking police officers with sword appears in court". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "Man in court over Buckingham Palace incident". BBC. 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ Buckingham Palace sword attack: Uber driver accused of injuring police officers denies terror offences; Lizzie Dearden; The Independent; 15 January 2018 [1]
- ↑ "UPDATE: Man charged under Terrorism Act". Metropolitan Police. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Attack across from Buckingham: the attacker accused of terrorism". L'Express (in French). 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 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. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Buckingham Palace attacker was on way to Windsor Castle". India Today. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 8 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. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ Lizzie Dearden. "Buckingham Palace attack: Terror suspect reached for 4ft sword and shouted 'Allahu Akbar'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. 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.
- ↑ Dearden, Lizzie (23 January 2018). "Finsbury Park trial as it happened: Messages sent by Tommy Robinson to terror suspect Darren Osborne revealed in court". The Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ Lizzie Dearden. "Brussels attacker shouted 'Allahu Akbar' while stabbing soldiers in attempted terror attack". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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