IED event in London, Streatham area, United Kingdom on Sun 2nd February 2020

A suspected Islamist terrorist wearing a fake suicide bomb was shot dead by police after stabbing two people in a "confusing and alarming" attack in the south London suburb of Streatham. The drama unfolded as shoppers and diners were out on the busy Streatham High Road at 2pm on Sunday afternoon. The stab victims — a wounded woman and a man who suffered life-threatening injuries — were being treated in hospital, the Metropolitan Police said. A third person, a woman in her 20s, was hurt by glass after the shooting. Police were immediately on the scene, amid reports that the suspect was under surveillance having previously served a prison sentence for terrorism offences. Police said they were confident the suspect was 20-year-old Sudesh Amman.