The suspect being questioned by police over the Golders Green terror attack has been named as Essa Suleiman, according to reports.
Police tasered and arrested a 45-year-old man after the double stabbing in north London on Wednesday which saw two Jewish men – Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Ben Baila, 76, named locally as Moshe Shine – taken to hospital.
The suspect was a British national, was born in Somalia and came to the UK legally as a child in the 1990s, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said on Thursday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley previously said the suspect had a “history of serious violence and mental health issues”.
The force later confirmed the suspect was reported to Prevent – the Government’s anti-extremism programme – in 2020 but the case was closed the same year.
It comes after the Prime Minister was heckled as he visited the scene of the attack.
Sir Keir Starmer is expected to address the nation from Downing Street on Thursday afternoon.
