UK knife attack suspect was known to security services

Thames Valley Police then re-arrested him under the Terrorism Act 2000, which allows for detention without charge for up to 14 days. UKPolice Terrorism UKKniefAttack BorisJohnson UnitedKimgdom

The 25-year-old, widely identified as Khairi Saadallah, a Libyan refugee, was held on suspicion of murder on Saturday night, soon after the rampage in Reading, west of London.

British media said Saadallah fled the civil war in Libya and had been released from prison earlier this month, after serving time for a series of non-terror offences. Mark Rowley, a former assistant commissioner for specialist operations in the Metropolitan Police, said Saadallah would have been one of thousands of people on MI5’s watch list.

The reports about the suspect’s time in prison will again raise questions about the early release of offenders after two previous terror attacks in the past year. Those attacks prompted Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government to tighten the law on early prison releases.

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