Suspect held on terror charges

Troubled anti-Muslim van attacker questioned

LONDON, June 20, (Agencies): British media have identified the suspect held in connection with the van attack outside a London mosque as Darren Osborne, from the Welsh city of Cardiff. He is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and alleged terror offenses.

British media report that some of Osborne’s neighbors have described the father of four as “aggressive” and “strange.”

Witnesses said Osborne claimed he wanted to “kill all Muslims” after he drove into a crowd leaving a mosque early Monday morning. One man who was receiving first aid at the time of the attack died; it’s unclear if his death was a result of the attack or from a previous condition.

Osborne was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted murder.

In related news, police on Tuesday questioned a man suspected of deliberately mowing down Muslims in London, as the interior minister said Britain was “bruised but not broken” by a series of terror attacks.

Britain was coming to terms with the aftermath of its fourth bloody assault in three months following Monday’s van attack on worshippers leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque in north London.

The string of attacks had “bruised but not broken the heart of this great nation”, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said. The family of Osborne, the man suspected of deliberately driving into the Muslim group, said he was “troubled”, describing his action as “sheer madness”.

Osborne, 47, a father of four from Cardiff, was arrested.

Police believe the suspect acted alone and searches were being conducted at a residential address in the Welsh capital.

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Man charged over arms possesion:

A man arrested outside the gates of Britain’s

Police are treating the incident as a terror attack and British Prime Minister Theresa May described it as “sickening”, vowing Monday to fight extremism in all its forms.

The attack raised fears of retaliation against Muslims after a series of deadly assaults in Britain by Islamist extremists.

One man who was already receiving first aid at the time died following the assault, while nine people were taken to hospital and two others were treated for minor injuries.

“I’m sorry that my brother has been that troubled that it has taken him to this level of troubledness,” said the suspect’s sister Nicola Osborne.

“He has just been troubled for a long time.”

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His mother Christine, 72, said she screamed when she saw her son in television footage.

“My son is no terrorist — he’s just a man with problems,” The Sun newspaper quoted her as saying.

In a statement on behalf of his family, his nephew Ellis Osborne, 26, said: “We are massively shocked.

“Our hearts go out to the people who have been injured.”

His uncle was “not a racist”, he said. “It’s madness. It is obviously sheer madness.”

Londoners bearing flowers and messages of solidarity gathered late Monday at the scene of the attack, some carrying signs reading “United Against All Terror”. Another vigil is planned for Tuesday.

The van driver was pinned down by locals before being shielded from retaliatory violence by an imam and detained by police.

The man suspected of driving the van was arrested on suspicion of “the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted

parliament was to appear in court Tuesday charged with possessing an offensive weapon and assaulting a police officer.

Eniola Mustafa Aminu, 27, from London, was arrested on Friday outside the gates of the Palace of Westminster in the British capital. He appeared in court on Monday charged with “possession of an offensive

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blaze which killed tens of people last week in west London. (AP)

murder”, police said.

London police chief Cressida Dick said the incident was “quite clearly an attack on Muslims” and promised a stepped-up police presence near mosques as the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close.

Rudd said Muslims needed to feel safe in Britain and the government was working to tackle all forms of hate crime and extremism.

“Indicative figures suggest that over half of those who experience hate because of their religion are Muslim. Any hate crime is unacceptable but this stark figure is something we will not shy away from,” she wrote in The Guardian newspaper.

“We stand with the Muslim community — you are not alone, we share your pain and we will not let you down.”

One victim of Monday’s attack has no memory of what happened, according to a nephew who did not wish to be identified.

“He is bleeding out of his ear, but in general his health was stable,” he said after visiting his uncle Hamza Sharif in hospital.

“He has a fracture in his skull — but they still don’t know why the bleeding from his ear is not stopping yet,” the Somali-born man said.

Sharif “does not remember anything” of the attack and kept asking “what was wrong”. The three previous terror attacks in recent months were all Islamist-inspired.

A car and knife attack on March 22 in London killed four pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and a police officer guarding the British parliament.

Two months later, on May 22, 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a pop concert in the northern city of Manchester. On June 3, eight people were killed in a van and knife attack on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market.

weapon and assault on a constable in the execution of his duty”, Scotland Yard police headquarters said.

He was remanded in custody to appear at the same court on Tuesday “following a mental health assessment”. The gates of the British parliament were the scene of an Islamist-linked terror attack on March 22. (AFP)

Assange abandons announcement:

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday abandoned plans to make a “special announcement” five years after moving into London’s Ecuadorian embassy, claiming he had a meeting set with UK officials.

“On the advice of Mr. Assange’s legal counsel, today’s planned announcement by Mr Assange from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy has been deferred.

“This follows the agreement of an imminent meeting with British authorities,” WikiLeaks said in a statement.

Assange’s planned appearance at the embassy balcony was due to mark five years since he took refuge in the Ecuadorian territory within London, in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faced allegations of rape.

Sweden dropped its investigation into Assange last month, deciding it was no longer proportional to keep the probe open while there was little chance of the 45-yearold surrendering himself to the authorities.

Assange declared “victory” following the announcement, although he declined to say whether he would step out onto British soil where he could be arrested for earlier skipping bail. (AFP)