The Isis supporter who stabbed two people in a terror attack on a south London high street has been named as 20-year-old Sudesh Amman.
Scotland Yard confirmed Amman was under surveillance at the time of the Streatham attack, having only been released from prison days ago after being jailed in 2018 for disseminating terrorist material and collecting information useful for terror attacks.
Counterterror police have raided a probation hostel in London and a Hertfordshire property but no arrests have yet been made, while mayor Sadiq Khan expressed anger at Boris Johnson’s government over its failure to prevent the “foreseeable and preventable” attack.
The male victim who was stabbed in the attack is no longer in a life-threatening condition, while one woman, in her fifties, was discharged from hospital late on Sunday. Another woman, in her twenties, is believed to have been struck by shattered glass and was receiving treatment, police said.
His mother, Haleema Faraz Khan, told Sky News that he was a “nice, polite boy” and that he had become more religious in prison.
Ms Khan said she believed her son had become radicalised while in HMP Belmarsh – where the Buckingham Palace sword attacker was allegedly advised how to “play the game” by “likeminded brothers” and met the Parsons Green bomber.
The justice minister is expected to announce “fundamental changes” to how the UK imprisons convicted terrorists on Monday evening, but it was not immediately clear how the measures would go beyond the 2019 Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act – which ended automatic early release for a host of terror offences.
Isis supporter Sudesh Amman was just 18 when he was jailed in December 2018 after police found a stash of bomb-making manuals and other propaganda.
The manager of the hostel on Leigham Court Road told the Press Association he had last seen Amman on Friday, adding: "He didn't speak much."
“Well Julia, it does take a new act of parliament – a new law – to change existing laws," Mr Sunak replied. "Since the prime minister’s taken office, he’s someone who’s a new prime minister and is someone who has got a long track record of saying we should stop early release of prisoners.
“As soon as he became prime minister he recommitted to it in August, a month after taking office.”
He added: “This is a priority piece of business for us.”
“It is now up 30 per cent or 40 per cent from where it was several years ago. And we just announced a 10 per cent increase, taking to almost £1bn for the forthcoming year.”
One man, in his forties, received treatment and is no longer considered to be in a life-threatening condition, the Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Independent.
A woman in her fifties who had non-life threatening injuries was discharged from hospital on Sunday.
A second woman in her twenties who suffered minor injuries, believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of a police firearm, continues to receive treatment, police told the Press Association.
The group issued a generically-worded statement on its official propaganda channels on Monday morning saying the stabbing was carried out by an Isis “soldier”, The Independent's home affairs and security correspondent Lizzie Dearden reports.
He had become more religious since being in prison, Ms Khan said, adding that she believed he had been radicalised while in high-security jail Belmarsh.
"Evil terror attacks like these are designed to strike fear into the very heart of diverse communities like ours. But we will not be left divided and afraid in the aftermath of such a shock.
Ms Ribeiro-Addy – the shadow immigration minister – said she was working closely with Lambeth Council and the Met to make sure anyone affected by the attack can access the help they need.
“I remember being asked by MPs a few years ago when I was in post about the threat of returning jihadis from Syria, which is a concern,” Sir Mark told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
"It's not nice to see police raiding a house," she said. "They [the police] didn't knock the door down, it was just a general raid. Neighbours came out, everyone was concerned - obviously people are worried because of what happened last year."
The same address was also searched by counter-terrorism police in May 2018, in raids linked to Amman's initial arrest over the possession of terrorist material. But it is not clear what, if any, connection the address had to Sunday's attack.
The resident added that she did not have a bad word to say about the family living at the address.
Yesterday, Priti Patel said the government was planning to "stop the early release" of terror offenders.
An outline of plans was announced two weeks ago in response to the Fishmongers' Hall attack, but further measures will be announced in parliament later today.
It was not immediately clear how they would go beyond the 2019 Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act, which ended automatic early release for a host of terror offences.
But the law, which came into force last April, only applied to sentences passed after that date and Sudesh Amman had been jailed earlier.Early release refers to the standard practice for all fixed-term or "determinate" prison sentences.Criminals sentenced to two years or more serve half their sentence in prison and the rest in the community on licence, while under supervision.Last year's changes meant that more terrorist offenders would be subject to extended determinate sentences, where they serve two thirds of their sentence in prison and areassessed by the Parole Board before they can be released.Extended sentences can be applied to a range of terror offences, including attack plots, weapons training and collecting information useful for attacks.
"I happened to have a blanket in my bag and I gave it to them to help stem the bleeding and I ran to the nearest crossroads to wave down the ambulance."
So it will be with the latest attempt to kill innocent people. Expect, then some of the usual tough sounding rhetoric in the coming days, promises of new laws and, maybe, even, some attempt to blame Labour for what happened.
The problem with all of this judicial action is that it won’t work, and will merely add to the public’s rightful indignation about the authorities’ ability to keep us safe. Delaying terror attacks is not the same as preventing them.