Streatham terror attack: Inquest to probe attacker’s shooting

(BBC) A jury inquest will examine the armed police operation that intervened in the Streatham terror attack.

Sudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by a police surveillance team after he went on a daytime stabbing spree on Streatham High Road on 2 February.

Two minutes before the shooting, Amman — who was wearing a hoax suicide vest — stole a knife from a shop and stabbed two people in the street.

A man and woman who were attacked by Amman survived their injuries.

Amman had been released from prison into a bail hostel days before the attack where he had served half of a three-years-and-four-months sentence.

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