lego 44,165 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 The family of a man accused of a violent, sustained and unprovoked knife attack at Leytonstone Tube station contacted police three weeks before the incident asking for help, it has emerged. Muhaydin Mire, 29, is charged with the attempted murder of a 56-year-old man who was attacked from behind in front of several members of the public on Saturday evening. Prosecutors allege the attack was an act of terrorism. His brother Mohamed told Channel 4 News that Mire, who moved to Britain aged 12, had spent three months in hospital after being diagnosed with paranoia in 2007. Mohamed Mire said his brother “came out (of hospital) and got straight on with his life, got a bit better”, but said problems resurfaced in August this year. He said his brother started “talking funny”, adding: “Speak like jumbling around, talking nonsense. So, all night talking he's seen demons and stuff.” He added that the family had asked for him to be sectioned and contacted police, but claims the authorities "could not help him because they said he's no harm to people and he's no harm to himself". He then says he decided to take him out of the country, with tickets booked for the day after the attack. He said: “Then I decided to move him out the country so I called my mum, she's not here, she's in Somalia. She told me to take him out the country. “So, I decided to book tickets for him on this Sunday, the Sunday it actually ... He was okay, as far as I know he wanted to go.” A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “The police were contacted by a family member approximately three weeks before the incident on Saturday. There was no mention of radicalisation; the conversation related entirely to health-related issues and the family were therefore correctly referred to health services for help. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/leytonstone-tube-stabbing-accused-muhaydin-mires-family-contacted-police-three-weeks-before-attack-a6764276.html So was this even terrorism if he is mentally ill? He was seeing demons? FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FameHungry 146 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Yeah, I never thought it was anything related to terrorism. Just a guy who wasn't mentally healthy. And now this information proves that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Damn.. this was so easily preventable. Hopefully the authorities learn from this incident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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