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    A knife-wielding man began attacking pedestrians at London’s Russell Square, murdering an American woman and injuring an additional five people, one of whom is an Israeli citizen. The suspect was arrested, but his motives behind the attack are still unknown. According to the local police: “We are examining the possibility that this could have been a terror attack.” Sky News is reporting that an Israeli citizen was among the injured from last night’s stabbing attack at London’s Russell Square. She is apparently in stable condition. An American citizen was murdered and five other people were injured in the attack, including a Spanish and Australian citizen. The 19-year-old stabber is a Norwegian citizen of Somali background and he was arrested after a police officer neutrali...

    An Isis fanatic who attempted to behead a musician at an east London tube station has been jailed for life. Muhiddin Mire, 30, attacked Lyle Zimmerman with a knife at Leytonstone Underground station and threatened other members of the public in December last year. Video footage captured while Mire was restrained by police at the scene showed a witness shouting ‘you ain’t no Muslim, bruv’ at the attacker. Somali-born Mire, of Samson Road, London, grabbed Mr Zimmerman, 56, after declaring he was going to ‘spill blood’ for his ‘Syrian brothers’. He had images of Fusilier Lee Rigby and Jihadi John on his mobile phone, along with material linked to Isis. Sentencing Mire at the Old Bailey, Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, Recorder of London, said that while he accepted Mire was suffe...