2016 Russell Square stabbing

None January 2019 2016 Russell Square stabbing Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom 51 31 18 N 0 7 34 W 2016 08 03 yes 22:39 UTC+01:00 Mass stabbing Knife 1 5 Zakaria Bulhan right|thumb|Russell Square, London WC1 On 3 August 2016, a mass stabbing occurred in Russell Square, London. Six people were stabbed, one fatally, before a suspect, identified as Zakaria Bulhan, was apprehended by police and charged with murder and attempted murder. The media initially linked the stabbing to terrorism, but later shifted its focus to possible mental disorders. Events London's Metropolitan Police Service and London Ambulance Service arrived at the scene of the attacks six minutes after emergency services were called at 22:33. Less than ten minutes later, a man was arrested at the scene after being tasered by police.https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/03/europe/london-knife-attack/index.html American killed in London knife attack, 5 others hurt 4 August 2016 CNN Berlinger Joshua Gigova Radina Dewan Angela 4 August 2016https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/04/mass-stabbing-central-london-woman-dead-and-injured Russell Square stabbings: man held on suspicion of murder Jamie Grierson Vikram Dodd Richard Barnes 3 August 2016 The Guardian 4 August 2016http://news.met.police.uk/news/re-incident-in-russell-square-177433 UPDATE: Incident in Russell Square Metropolitan Police 4 August 2016 4 August 2016April 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Victims Six people, apparently selected at random, were stabbed.http://www.ibtimes.com/who-zakaria-bulhan-london-russell-square-knife-attacker-identified-terrorism-ruled-2397675 Who Is Zakaria Bulhan? London Russell Square Knife Attacker Identified, Terrorism Ruled Out As Motive The International Business Times 5 August 2016 5 August 2016 Lydia Tomkiw A 64-year-old American, Darlene Horton, died at the scene. She had planned to fly back to Florida the following day.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36972126 Russell Square stabbings: Man arrested on suspicion of murder 4 August 2016 BBC News 4 August 2016https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36982466 Russell Square stabbings: Darlene Horton named as victim BBC News 4 August 2016 4 August 2016https://abcnews.go.com/International/london-stabbing-attack-victim-wife-fsu-professor/story?id=41122139 London Stabbing Attack Victim Identified as Wife of FSU Professor ABC News 4 August 2016 4 August 2016 Emily ShapiroEtters Karls Stabbing of FSU professor's wife shocks Tallahassee http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/08/04/wife-fsu-professor-killed-london-stabbing/88068446/ 5 August 2016 Tallahassee Democrat 4 August 2016 An American man, a British man, an Australian man, an Australian woman, and an Israeli woman were injured. The British man, Bernard Hepplewhite, underwent emergency surgery for a serious abdominal wound and remained in hospital for several days.Man appears in court charged with murder after London knife attack http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-attack-court-idUKKCN10H0A0 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806112058/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-attack-court-idUKKCN10H0A0 dead 6 August 2016 7 August 2016 Reuters 6 August 2016 Perpetrator Zakaria Bulhanhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/04/russell-square-stabbing-suspect-and-victim-are-named/ Russell Square stabbing suspect and victim are named The Daily Telegraph 4 August 2016 4 August 2016 Martin Evans Nicola Harley was a 19-year-old male Norwegian national of Somali descent. He was described as a MuslimMartin Bentham Ben Morgan Barney Davis Police work with mental health hospital as they quiz teenager over Russell Square knife bloodbath https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-work-with-mental-health-hospital-as-they-quiz-teenager-over-russell-square-knife-bloodbath-a3312801.html 29 September 2016 The Evening Standard 5 August 2016Steve Robson Zakaria Bulhan: What we know about Russell Square stabbing suspect so far https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/zakaria-bulhan-what-know-russell-8565488 29 September 2016 The Daily Mirror 5 August 2016Lisa O'Carroll Russell Square knife attack suspect 'a polite and pleasant boy' https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/05/russell-square-knife-attack-suspect-a-polite-and-pleasant-boy 29 September 2016 The Guardian 5 August 2016 who "didn't really talk about religion."Ewan Palmer Russell Square stabbing suspect Zakaria Bulhan a 'quiet' pupil who was bullied at school http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russell-square-stabbing-suspect-zakaria-bulhan-quiet-pupil-who-was-bullied-school-1574460 29 September 2016 the International Business Times (UK) 5 August 2016 He moved from Norway in 2002, and was unemployed and living with his mother and younger brother in Tooting, South London.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/04/russell-square-stabbing-everything-we-know-about-the-attack-on-t/ London knife attack: Everything we know about the Russell Square stabbings on Thursday morning The Daily Telegraph 4 August 2016 4 August 2016http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/ive-never-seen-any-sign-of-anything-that-suggest-he-has-problems-neighbours-of-man-accused-of-going-on-stabbing-rampage-in-london-34941300.html 'I've never seen any sign of anything that suggest he has problems' - neighbours of man accused of going on stabbing rampage in London Irish Independent 5 August 2016 5 August 2016 Dominic Harris Not long before the stabbing, Bulhan completed his first studies at South Thames College, and had been a patient at a psychiatric facility near Russell Square. According to a family friend, Bulhan called an ambulance three separate times in the last six months, claiming he wanted to harm himself. In his 2017 book, Media, Diaspora and the Somali Conflict, Idil Osman speculates that the "cultural stigma" associated with mental illness in Somali society makes it less likely that individuals and families of disturbed persons like Bulhan will seek treatment.Osman Idil Media, Diaspora and the Somali Conflict 2017 Springer 9783319577920 42 https://books.google.com/books?id=3kszDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Zakaria+Bulhan%22&pg=PA42 10 January 2019 Legal proceedings Following his arrest, Bulhan was treated in hospital and later held in custody at a police station in South London. On 5 August, he was charged with the murder of Horton, along with five counts of attempted murder.http://news.sky.com/story/london-stabbing-suspect-charged-with-murder-10524613 London stabbing suspect charged with murder Sky News 5 August 2016 5 August 2016British police charge Zakaria Bulhan, 19, with London stabbing of American tourist http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/british-police-charge-zakaria-bulhan-19-london-stabbing-article-1.2740253 7 August 2016 AP New York Daily News 5 August 2016 He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 August,http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/teenager-charged-murder-american-tourist-11713296 Teenager charged with murder of American tourist in Russell Square attack GetWestLondon 6 August 2016 6 August 2016 Robert Cumber where he was remanded in custody.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36995550 Russell Square stabbings: Man remanded in custody over tourist murder 6 August 2016 BBC News 6 August 2016 The trial was expected to take place in February 2017.Rochester man Bernard Hepplewhite among six stabbed in Russell Square attack http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/kent-man-stabbed-in-russell-100412/ 10 August 2016 Kent Messenger 9 August 2016 He was charged with murder and five counts of attempted murder on Friday, and appeared at the Old Bailey this morning. He was remanded in custody until his trial at the Old Bailey in February. In February 2017, Bulhan admitted killing US tourist Darlene Horton and injuring five others in Russell Square in 2016.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38878443 Russell Square stabbings: Zakaria Bulhan admits killing US tourist BBC News 6 February 2017 He was sentenced on 7 February to be detained for an indefinite period in a maximum security hospital. Zakaria Bulhan sentenced for stabbing six people in Russell Square 28 Jan 2019 Kent Online 7 Feb 2017 https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/knife-killer-may-never-be-120205/Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Spencer https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-zakaria-bulhan-sentencing-remarks-of-mr-justice-spencer/ UK Judicial Press Office London 7 February 2017 30 January 2019 17 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210617164621/https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-zakaria-bulhan-sentencing-remarks-of-mr-justice-spencer/ dead Investigation The Metropolitan Police initially said they were exploring terrorism as a possible motive. They later said the investigation "increasingly points" to the attack being "triggered by mental health issues", and that the stabbings were random. Norwegian police cooperated in the investigation. Reactions In an interview after the attack, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said, "London is one of the safest capitals in the world". He added, "It is a reality in 2016 – especially when you look at what happened in Nice, in Brussels, in Munich, in parts of America – we've always got to be vigilant and never complacent." Kenan Malik described the attack as highlighting "the difficulty... in drawing a distinction between jihadi violence and the fury of disturbed minds."Malik Kenan How can we distinguish violence driven by ideology from sociopathic rage? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/26/distinguish-violence-driven-by-ideology-from-sociopathic-rage 23 April 2017 The Guardian 25 March 2017 See also 2015 Leytonstone tube station attack References 30em Category:Attacks in the United Kingdom in 2016 Category:2016 in London Category:August 2016 crimes in Europe Category:August 2016 in the United Kingdom Category:21st century in the London Borough of Camden Category:Bloomsbury Category:2010s crimes in London Category:Mass stabbings in the United Kingdom Category:Stabbing attacks in 2016 Category:Knife attacks in the United Kingdom Category:Crime in the London Borough of Camden