Golders Green terror attack suspect was living in home for people who leave secure hospital before stabbings
Essa Suleiman, 45, accused of a stabbing spree in Golders Green and Southwark, appeared in court charged with three counts of attempted murder. He was living in supported housing for individuals discharged from secure hospitals and was under mental health care prior to the attacks. The alleged incidents targeted a friend and two Jewish men in northwest London, with one victim sustaining a punctured lung and another a neck injury, neither life-threatening.
- ▪Essa Suleiman is charged with three counts of attempted murder following stabbings in Southwark and Golders Green.
- ▪He was residing in supported accommodation for people who have left secure psychiatric hospitals in southeast London.
- ▪Suleiman was under the care of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust's mental health services earlier in the week of the attacks.
- ▪The victims include Ishmail Hussein, Shloime Rand, and Norman Shine, with injuries ranging from minor to serious but not life-threatening.
- ▪Prosecutors allege Suleiman used public transport to travel between the locations of the attacks in London.
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