London police kill man wearing hoax device after ‘terror-related’ stabbings

(CNN) – London police named 20-year-old Sudesh Amman as the attacker responsible for stabbing two people in the Streatham area of south London on Sunday.

“Although the suspect has not been formally identified, given the circumstances of the incident, we are confident that he was Sudesh Amman,” Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D’Orsi announced

Police earlier called the attack a terrorist incident believed to be “Islamist-related.”

Amman is believed to be the man police said was wearing a “hoax device” strapped to his body who stabbed two people at Streatham High Road before armed officers shot him dead.

Three people, including the two stabbing victims and one who police believe was hit by glass after a police weapon fired, were taken to nearby hospitals, police said. Injuries ranged from life-threatening to minor, police said.

A source in the UK government told CNN that the attacker had been released from prison in the last few days after serving about half of a three-year sentence for the possession and distribution of extremist material.

Authorities had concerns about the man’s behavior, including language that suggested he continued to hold extremist views, but he had to be released under current laws, the source said. He was released with strict licensing conditions, including a curfew, and he was kept under surveillance.

In apparent response to the attacker’s previous terror convictions, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that on Monday he would be announcing “further plans for fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offences.”