East London man held under Terrorism Act

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A 19-year-old man from east London has been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Detectives from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command took him into custody on Thursday, 29 March.

He’s being held in an east London police station.

A custody extension was sought and granted by Westminster Magistrates’ Court later on Thursday, 29 March.

Tags: east London</s>A 19-year-old man has been arrested in east London on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, the Met Police have said.

He was detained at around 3am on Thursday morning under the Terrorism Act and taken into custody at an east London police station.

Anti-terror officers were granted more time to question the man by a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later on Thursday.

The individual, who has not yet been named, was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.</s>A teenager is fighting for his life after being stabbed on the streets of London as the British capital's murder rate soared above that of New York.

The 16-year-old boy is the latest victim of violent crime after an incident in Bow, east London, at about 6.05pm last night.

It is thought the teen was stabbed near a parade of shops just off the A12 and witnesses described seeing two people being stretchered away from the scene.

The teenage victim was in a critical condition last night and two men were arrested.

Weeks of carnage on the streets is beginning to take its toll on residents and a mother-of-two who drove past the carnage said: 'Too much s*** happening in this area.

'Every day there's someone getting hurt or killed. Can't wait to move away from this hopeless, horrific, disastrous place.'

The area was cordoned off as around 20 police vehicles descended upon the shops, which include a newsagent and a fried chicken take-away.

It comes as London's murder rate has overtaken New York City's for the first time ever as the twelfth person has been killed in just 19 days.

February marked the first month in history books that London had more murders than the American city with a total of 15 homicides. Out of the 15 killed, nine were aged 30 or younger.

In March, there were 22 murders, which is likely to match if not beat out New York's numbers.

The murder epidemic continued on Sunday when a man in his twenties was fatally stabbed after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, marking the 12th person to be murdered in London in 19 days.

Police have launched the latest murder investigation in the death of the unnamed young man who was stabbed to death on Easter Sunday.

He suffered a fatal stab wound at around 1:10am on Sunday, after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, south west London.

Met Police attended the scene along with the London Ambulance Service. Despite the best efforts of officers and paramedics, the man was pronounced dead at the scene just before 2am.

Formal identification awaits and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course, but the victim's next-of-kin have been informed.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody at a west London police station.

According to a report by the Sunday Times, New York City's murder statistics have decreased by 87 per cent since the 1990s.

Meanwhile, London's rate has grown by nearly 40 per cent in just three years, not including deaths caused by terrorist attacks.

Although New York last year had nearly double the number of murders than London, experts are concerned the gap is steadily closing.

Officials are concerned about the uptick in fatal stabbings, fearing there is a dangerous surge in knife crime.

Last year there was a total of 80 fatal stabbings in the capital - the most in almost a decade. And official figures show that 2017 was the worst year for knife deaths among young people since at least 2002.

Forty-six people aged 25 or under were stabbed to death in London, up by 21 compared with the previous year, according to police figures.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said on Sunday: 'Sadly, another family has been left devastated with the tragic death of a young man from an act of violence.

'We are appealing to anyone who was in the area to come forward.

'We know that the victim left a bar in Garratt Lane, SW18 at 01:05hrs and then seven minutes later he was found on Ellerton Road at the junction with Burntwood Lane.'

The victim's death comes as London's murder rates have overtaken New York City 's numbers for the first time ever.

The man's death on Sunday marks the 12th murder in London in 19 days.

Lyndon Davis, 18, the youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London on March 14.

Joseph Williams-Torres, 20, was killed the same evening as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow.

Russell Jones, 23, was ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, in Enfield and stabbed and shot to death.

Father-of-two Tyrone Silcott, 42, died from knife wounds on March 18 after a St Patrick’s Day party.

It is alleged the car mechanic got into a row over two girls at a party in Homerton and was attacked.

Hersi Hersi, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries at Heathrow Palace in Haslemere Avenue, Hounslow, at 10.50am on Sunday.

On March 19, Balbir Johal, 48, died after being stabbed in Southall and the next day 41-year-old Jermaine Johnson died of knife wounds in Walthamstow.

Romanian Beniamin Pieknyi, is believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London on the 20th.

The 20-year-old, who only arrived in Britain two months ago, died in his best friend's arms after being chased and stabbed by a gang in the busy shopping centre.

On March 25, 26-year-old Abraham Badru was gunned down in Hackney.

The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, on Sunday, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009.

David Potter, 50, was found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street on Monday 26.

And an unnamed 23-year-old in Greenwich was killed on Thursday night, the final murder for the month of March.

Jacob Whittingham, charity head of programmes for Fight for Peace, told the Sunday Times: 'What's scary about London is the randomness of the crime.

'With young people in London, you have no idea if and when you may be the victim of a violent crime — that's why they feel the need to carry weapons.'

DCS Sean Yates, Scotland Yard's head of knife crime, blamed social media as an increasing factor in escalating grudges between youngsters that led to knife attacks.

He also said courts were failing to enforce a 'two strikes' law aimed at jailing those caught with a knife twice, which was frustrating law enforcement.

The sharp rise in the number of young people killed by knife crime in London has come despite Scotland Yard stepping up its use of suppression and enforcement tactics, carrying out more stop and search, more weapon sweeps and other activity on the streets.

The Met commissioner, Cressida Dick, has said reversing rising violent crime is a priority.

Speaking in February she said: 'The frequency with which some of our young people are prepared to take each other's lives is shocking.

'London must come together to make it clear that this cannot continue. We will not police our way out of this problem.'

Cressida Dick continued: 'There is a role for all of us – London's public, our partners and the police.'

She appealed directly to young people saying: 'There will be young people out today who are carrying knives - stop and think.

'Do you really want your life to end? Or end someone else's and waste your own life in prison?

'My challenge to everyone in London is to ask each and every person to think about what you can do to help us tackle this blight on our city.'

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan requested an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister and Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service to discuss what can be done 'to tackle the evil of knife attacks on Britain's streets'.</s>UK police have successfully foiled a suspected terrorist attack on a London Underground train after discovering a "viable improvised explosive device" on board.

A 19-year-old man was tasered and arrested under the Terrorism attack at 12.20pm local time before an alleged explosive device was detonated in a controlled manner.

One bystander said that the teenager “walked down the street doing his own thing” when police “jumped him”.

While his motive has yet to be confirmed, he remains in police custody at a London police station for further questioning.

The Ministry of Defence warned its staff that the culprit might have hidden more devices around the city.

“This increase is in response to the discovery of a suspected viable improvised explosive device (IED) on a London Underground train yesterday,” the statement read.

“It is unknown who placed the device and what their motivation was. Therefore it remains possible that the perpetrator may attempt to place further devices. The threat level will continue to be reviewed as further information is received.”

Travellers on the Jubilee line were told to quickly evacuate the station, which remained closed for seven hours.

Armed police have since been added to London’s public transport network as part of a ramped up security program in response to the terrorism threat.

“They were plain-clothed police with masks, they had guns, everything. It was very unnerving,” one witness said.

“They were giving orders to each other and they knew exactly where to be, where to stand. Everything looked pretty organised.”

Another witness named Ali said the teenage boy was struggling not to get arrested for “a good five minutes” and police were shouting “armed police; don’t struggle".

"The armed police, I think five of them, ran behind him and put him on the floor,” Ali said.

Police said they believe the young man acted alone and they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the alleged bombing attempt.</s>An arrest by Police after an early morning incident in Mono. On Friday March 30th at approximately 3:16 a.m. Police clocked a vehicle going 139 kilometres an hour going northbound on Highway 10 at the 25th side road. A 20 year old London man was subsequently charged with Driving a Motor Vehicle over 80 milligrams of alcohol and performing stunt excessive speed. He was released on a Promise to Appear to attend court in Orangeville on April 17th.</s>Armed officers swooped on a property in east London this morning.

In the video, filmed by a long-time local resident this morning, scores of officers arrive at Hedgeman's Road in Dagenham before walking on foot to a property at Chaplin Road.

In the video, the suspect is seen being taken away by police.

"Oh my days!" says one witness as he sees the police walking along the street.

"This is Dagenham, man!" says the filmer. "Firearms, man," he says later. "Look at the house - it's all CCTV'ed up an' that."

According to the filmer, the arrested man was brought out of his property and to a van parked on Hedgeman's Road.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: "Shortly after 09:00hrs on Tuesday, 2 January, an imitation firearm was recovered from an address in Chaplain Road, Dagenham.

"A man - aged in his 20s - was arrested and taken into custody at an east London police station.

"We await further analysis of the weapon seized."</s>More people have been murdered in London than in New York for the first time in history amid a spate of fatal stabbings in the capital.

Fifteen people were murdered in London in February, compared to 14 in the Big Apple.

London murders for March also topped the number in New York, with 23 and 21 carried out respectively.

A stabbing in the capital in the early hours of Easter Sunday brought the number of murders in London to 46 so far this year. And 31 of them were knife attacks.

The 20-year-old victim was attacked moments after leaving a bar just after 1am and died in the street in Wandsworth, south-west London.

A 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said: "Sadly, another family has been left devastated with the tragic death of a young man from an act of violence.

"We are appealing to anyone who was in the area to come forward.

"We know that the victim left a bar in Garratt Lane, SW18 at 1.05am and then seven minutes later he was found on Ellerton Road at the junction with Burntwood Lane."

The murder came just days after two men were knifed to death within 12 hours of each other in the city.

Between March 14 and 20 alone, eight Londoners were murdered.

The latest horrific stats mean that - even excluding victims of terror attacks - the total number of London murders has risen a shocking 38 per cent since 2014.

London still had nine fewer total murders this year — 46 against New York’s 55 — and its total in 2017 was also lower. But the gap is closing annually.

Both cities have similarly sized populations of around 8.5million people. New York City’s murder rate has decreased by around 87 per cent since the 1990s.

Jacob Whittingham, charity head of programmes for Fight for Peace, said: “What’s scary about London is the randomness of the crime.

“With young people in London, you have no idea if and when you may be the victim of a violent crime — that’s why they feel the need to carry weapons.”

Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick has blamed social media for rows escalating into violence.

Here are some of the victims who were killed in February and March as London's murder rate surpassed that of New York.

Police were called to Ilford Cemetery where the 49-year-old's body was found more than a week after he was reported missing.

He was from Thamesmead in south-east London.

The 19-year-old was stabbed in Abbey Road, Barking, east London, at about 10.11pm.

He was pronounced dead at the scene just before 11pm after being stabbed multiple times.

The youth worker was stabbed to death when he was ambushed walking home in Haringey, north London, in the early hours.

A post-mortem gave the cause of death as hypovolemic shock and multiple stab wounds.

An investigation was launched after the 39-year-old was stabbed in the chest at a home on Atwell Road in Peckham, south London, at about 2.30am on January 29.

The victim, from Southwark, died in hospital on February 4.

Emergency services were alerted after the victim was found stabbed to death in a flat in Fellows Road in Camden at about 10.30am.

The murder happened on the Chalcots Estate.

The 19-year-old man collapsed outside a property in Hopton Road, Streatham, south London, after being stabbed in the chest.

Police were called at around 3.50pm and the teenager was pronounced dead less than an hour later.

Investigators believe the 41-year-old taxi driver, from Enfield, was fatally shot in the head and chest in a targeted hit.

Police were called to reports of shots fired just before 11.45pm to Mount Pleasant, at the junction with Edgeworth Road, in Barnet, north London.

Police were called after the victim was found with critical injuries at an address in Staines Road, Ilford, east London, on the evening of February 13.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 17-year-old was found dead in Goldwing Close, Canning Town, east London at about 8.40pm following a "sustained, targeted attack", say police.

A post-mortem examination revealed he died from stab wounds to the chest.

Police were called after the 48-year-old was found in an unresponsive state in Garenne Court, Warren Road in Chingford, west London, at about 6.45am.

A post-mortem gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.

Police found the teenager in Logan Place in Kensington, west London, after he had been stabbed in the chest at about 3.20am.

Officers were in the area after a number of vehicles had gathered following a party the victim had attended.

The 26-year-old victim was fatally stabbed inside a property in the Halliday Square housing estate in Southall, west London.

Police were called to the estate at around 3.30pm to reports of a disturbance and found Rotimi with stab injuries.

The two young men were stabbed to death in Camden, north London.

Hassan was knifed outside a shop at around 8pm.

Mohamed was found on the junction of Malden Road and Marsden Street just after 10.10pm.

The Albanian-born victim was beaten unconscious with blunt objects in Greenwich High Road, south-east London, in the early hours of February 17.

He died in hospital on February 23.

The 20-year-old was found with a gunshot injury in Walthamstow, east London, at 9.30pm.

He died on the way to hospital at around 10.45pm.

Police believe the victim was in a stationary vehicle before a number of suspects approached and shots were fired.

The teenager was found with serious stab injuries in Chadwell Heath, east London, shortly after 10.30pm.

He was rushed to hospital but died at 1.16am.

Shortly before 12.40am, police were called when gunshots were heard in Enfield, north London.

The 23-year-old who had been stabbed and shot in an ambush outside shops was declared dead at the scene at 1.14am.

A second man in his 20s had suffered serious stab injuries.

The 36-year-old, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead after being found with knife injuries at the Heathrow Palace hotel in Hounslow, west London, at 10.50am.

Her neighbours in Mill Hill, north London, said she was of Somali origin and had also lived in the US before returning to the UK.

The father-of-two died after he was stabbed after a St Patrick's Day party in Hackney, north London.

Detectives believe an initial dispute began at the party and spilled on to the towpath by the River Lea, where the victim was stabbed.

The 48-year-old, from Slough, Berkshire, attended a west London hospital suffering a stab wound and died of his injuries just before 6.14pm.

Detectives believe the victim sustained his injuries following an earlier incident at Marlborough Road, Southall, near the junction with Brent Road.

The 41-year-old victim was found with stab injuries at about 9.50pm in Vallentin Road in Walthamstow.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

The 20-year-old died at Stratford Centre in east London after he was found with multiple stab wounds.

Detectives believe he and a friend were involved in an altercation with a group of young males.

Emergency services were called at about 11pm after the victim was shot dead in in Ferncliff Road in Hackney.

He won a National Police Bravery Award as a teenager in 2009 for stopping a rapist.

The 50-year-old was found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street, south-west London.

Police were called at about 2.45pm after concerns were raised about a resident's welfare.</s>Sadiq Khan has faced increasing criticism for his record over crime in London

A 20-year-old man was attacked shortly after leaving a bar in Garratt Lane, Wandsworth but died on a nearby street during the early hours of Easter Sunday.

Metropolitan Police were called at around 1.12am this morning to reports of an injured man on Ellerton Road.

Officers, along with the London Ambulance Service, found the victim suffering from a stab injury, but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 01:55hrs.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody at a west London police station.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said: "Sadly, another family has been left devastated with the tragic death of a young man from an act of violence.
Police in London announce the arrest on March 29 of a 19-year-old man suspected of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism.