Was London Knife Attack Driven By Terror or Mental Health?

Madness

A 19-year-old man is in custody after launching a vicious knife attack in central London. Now authorities are trying to figure out if it was an act of terror—or criminal insanity.

European Editor at Large

Published Aug. 4 2016 4:01AM EDT

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Londoners woke up this morning to find armed police patrolling their streets after a mass stabbing outside a city-center subway station on Wednesday night stoked

Tom Sykes

European Editor at Large

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Was London Knife Attack Driven By Terror or Mental Health?

A 19-year-old man is in custody after launching a vicious knife attack in central London. Now authorities are trying to figure out if it was an act of terror—or criminal insanity.

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