The investigators were monitoring the alleged extremist cell weeks before Saturday night’s attack in the capital, which left seven dead and 48 injured. Now The Daily Telegraph has learnt that police had been monitoring an extremist cell in that area since March. He said the attacker had listened to hate speeches by the infamous American Islamist Ahmad Musa Jibril. A neighbour of one of the suspected attackers claimed she had reported him to Barking police two years ago, after he began “brainwashing” her children at a local park. He said the plot would involve driving at pedestrians and then getting out of the vehicle to attack others.

Source: National Post June 05, 2017 12:45 UTC