Woman killed in London mass stabbing was American citizen

August 4, 2016 at 07:05

A US citizen in her 60s was killed in Wednesday night’s knife attack in which five other people were injured, the London Assistant Police Commissioner has confirmed.

Mark Rowley said among the injured were Australian, British and Israeli citizens.

The attacker was a Norwegian man of Somali origin, he said.

AC Rowley: The suspect is a Norwegian national of Somali ancestry. No evidence of radicalisation or that the man was motivated by terrorism.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) August 4, 2016

Police investigating the attacks have ruled out a terror motive, saying “mental health” was a significant factor.

Rowley said the victims were chosen at random.

The 19-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being detained in a South London police station.

Police say they have interviewed the suspect’s family and searched his address. They have also liaised with MI5 and MI6, and neither was aware of him.

Rowley said there is nothing to suggest the suspect had been radicalized.

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