London police name man shot shot after stabbings

Police in London say a man who strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a London street before being shot to death by police was recently released from prison, where he was serving for terrorism offences. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D’Orsi said late on Sunday police are ”confident" the attacker was 20-year-old Sudesh Amman.

Amman was shot by armed officers who were following him as a part of an ongoing operation.

D'Orsi said that the attacker had "a device...strapped to his body" prompting them to call in "specialist explosive officers and armed officers to deal with a potential threat".

He was shot dead by police following the attack in Streatham, south London.

Three people have been injured in the incident, two during the attack itself, and one was injured by the glass "following the discharge of the police firearm", according to D’Orsi.

D'orsi said a stabbing victim in his 40s thought to be in life-threatening condition has improved. She said the victim is no longer is in danger and that a woman who had been hospitalized has been released.

One other female victim is still in the hospital with lesser injuries. The investigation into the attack is ongoing.