He will be sentenced on 27 July and has been detained at Broadmoor high-security mental health facility. But further inquiries pointed to Mire’s violence being down to his acute mental health problems rather than a political motivation. About two weeks before the attack, Mire started wearing traditional Muslim clothing. We’re not just talking about mental health here, we’re talking about vulnerable individuals within the community. A man with a history of poor mental health who repeatedly cut the throat of a stranger at an east London tube station and claimed he was acting in response to Britain’s involvement in the Syria conflict has been convicted of attempted murder.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2016 10:34 UTC