The UK government continues its long-standing pattern of downplaying jihad activity or denying it outright, and ascribing what are clearly actions of jihadists to mental illness. If Britain is to survive as a free society, which seems quite unlikely at this point, this refusal to face up to what the country is facing must be challenged and rejected. But there appears to be no movement whatsoever to compel the government to end its denial.
“Reading terror attack: Libyan national Khairi Saadallah named as suspect for stabbing that killed three,” by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, June 21, 2020:
The suspect arrested over a terror attack that left three victims dead in Reading is a Libyan national called Khairi Saadallah, The Independent understands.
Saadallah, 25, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody being questioned over the incident.
Police are understood to be investigating mental health issues in connection with the attack.
Neighbours at the flat block where he lived in Whitley, just under two miles from the scene of the mass stabbing, believed he had been recently released from prison.
Three people were killed and a further three victims seriously injured, making it the deadliest terrorist incident to strike Britain since the June 2017 London Bridge attack.
It is the fourth suspected terrorist knife attack in six months, following the stabbings at Fishmongers’ Hall in November, HMP Whitemoor prison in January and Streatham in February.
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the head of UK counterterror policing, said inquiries conducted so far did not suggest anyone else was involved and that no other suspects were being sought.
“However, detectives working closely with the security services, continue to make enquiries to ensure that there were no others involved and our investigative priority remains to ensure that there is no related outstanding threat to the public,” he added.
“Although the motivation for this heinous act is far from certain, Counter Terrorism Policing South East has taken on responsibility for leading this investigation.
“We are clear that it was not associated at all with the Black Lives Matter protest, which was taking place peacefully earlier in the day, and which had concluded some hours before this attack took place.”…
The suspect, a young man of North African or Middle Eastern appearance who was wearing black, was chased and pinned to the floor by police officers….
Isis has incited its supporters to carry out low-technology terror attacks using knives and vehicles around the world.
The terrorist group released advice on picking “soft targets” containing crowds of people but low security.
The tactics have been used in several recent terror attacks in the UK, including at Fishmongers’ Hall in November and Streatham in February.