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Streatham terrorist was on MI5’s ‘top 5 most dangerous jihadis’ list before knife frenzy days after jail release
THE Streatham terrorist who strapped a fake bomb vest to his chest before stabbing two people was on the MI5's top five most dangerous jihadis list, it emerged today.
Sudesh Amman, 20, was being monitored by counter-terror cops before the "knife obsessed" jihadi went on a rampage on Streatham High Road at 2pm yesterday.
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KNIFE RAMPAGE
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The crazed knifeman attacked an innocent man and woman before he was shot dead by armed police just one mile away from the bail hostel where he was staying.
Boris Johnson was furious last night and demanded to know why he was released from jail and has vowed to crack down on sick terror offenders.
Amman, from Harrow, North London, was sentenced to more than three years in jail for committing terror offences but let out on automatic release after serving half his sentence just a week ago - despite concerns he still held extremist views.
The PM wants to know why the twisted knifeman served only half his three year jail term and he will today announce new plans on how to deal with brainwashed jihadis.
'FASCINATED' BY TERRORISM
He was included in The Henry Jackson Society's "new wave of released terrorists" list following last year's London Bridge attack when convicted terrorist Usman Khan stabbed Cambridge University graduates Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones to death.
A spokesman told Amman would have been one of the "most dangerous jihadis in the country".
Sam Armstrong, from the Henry Jackson Society, said: "Amman had a lot of risk indicators: lack of remorse at sentencing, evidence of encryption, relatively young age, allegiance to extremist group, ie ISIS.
Looking at the level of how closely he was monitored he would have been in the top five considered by security services in the UK.
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"Every extremist risk indicator you could possibly have. It was obvious to us that he was one of the most high-risk extremists around.
"Looking at the level of how closely he was monitored he would have been in the top five considered by security services in the UK.
"That level of detail is phenomenally expensive. There is no way he wasn't one of the most dangerous offenders in the UK."
ISIS-supporting jihadi Amman, who was only a teenager when arrested, was jailed in December 2018 for possessing and distributing terrorist documents.
He also shared an Al-Qaeda magazine in his family WhatsApp group and told his siblings "the Islamic State is here to stay", the Old Bailey heard.
He possessed bomb-making manuals and fantasised about carrying out acid attacks, his trial was told.
Alexis Boon, then head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, said at the time of his conviction that Amman had a “fierce interest in violence and martyrdom, reports.
Amman had scrawled his ‘life goals’ in the notepad and top of the list, above family activities, was dying a martyr and going to ‘Jannah’ - the afterlife.
Alex Boon, Met Police
He explained: “His fascination with dying in the name of terrorism was clear in a notepad we recovered from his home.
"Amman had scrawled his ‘life goals’ in the notepad and top of the list, above family activities, was dying a martyr and going to ‘Jannah’ - the afterlife."
A Whitehall source said Amman was released early because there was nothing the authorities could do under existing laws to keep him behind bars.
He was put under the most stringent licensing terms and hence why police were on the scene so quickly after the attack.
TAKEN OUT
In dramatic footage captured in the moments after the attack, undercover officers in plain clothes appear out of nowhere and swoop in on Amman as he lies gunned down on the pavement.
Seconds later, in scenes straight out of an action movie, another cop in plain clothes leaps off a motorbike as the expert team surround the jihadi, in footage captured by a passenger on a bus.
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The officers dressed like members of the public wearing man bags, jeans and even holding shopping bags, then secure the scene and stand guard over the attacker.
They then order shoppers and witnesses to move away as Amman lies bleeding on the pavement.
A witness claimed they saw a man wearing silver canisters strapped to his chest, wielding a machete being chased by undercover officer moments before armed cops swooped.
But Scotland Yard said Amman was wearing a fake suicide vest.
The Met Police later said that three people were injured in the attack but one has since been discharged from hospital.
A spokesperson said: "One man, who is in his 40s, was initially considered to be in a life-threatening condition however, we are thankful that following his treatment at hospital, this is no longer the case.
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"One woman in her 50s had non-life threatening injuries and has been discharged from hospital.
"Another woman in her 20s has minor injuries - believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of the police firearm.
"She continues to receive treatment at hospital. My thoughts are with the victims and their families."
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