Daniel Khalife grabbed a truck carrying food and escaped from London prison. The authorities began “urgent and exhaustive” searches, which affected the security of the city’s airport.
A suspected terrorist escaped from security-challenged HMP Wandsworth prison in south-west London at 12:50 p.m. (Lisbon time) on Wednesday, BBC News revealed.
The suspect is called Daniel Abed Khalife, he is 21 years old and he was a soldier. He was charged with concealing fake bombs at a military base during his service. The young man was in pretrial detention awaiting trial for terrorism and violation of the official secrets law.
The detainee worked in the prison kitchen and grabbed the food truck to escape, SkyNews revealed. At that time he was wearing the uniform corresponding to his function.
British authorities suspect that the fugitive is located in London, but admits that he may have already left town. The head of the anti-terrorist police command reported that there is a team dedicated to locating the terrorist: “investigations [são] urgent and extensive.
According to SIC Notícias, security is being strengthened, especially at London airports.
According to Commander Dominic Murphy, “there is no reason to consider Khalife social threat“. However, he advises citizens if they see him, keep their distance and immediately contact the authorities.
The Metropolitan Police shared a mail on social network Xthat reveals the appearance of the suspect.
We are making an urgent appeal to locate Daniel Khalife, who escaped from Wandsworth Prison this morning.
he has links to #Kingston – Police efforts to locate him are ongoing. He shouldn’t get close to her.
If you have information about his whereabouts call 999 quoting CAD 1631/06SEP23 pic.twitter.com/Q7B9uKV9uJ
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) September 6, 2023
Before being arrested at HMP Wandsworth prison, Daniel Khalife hid in an area of London after committing the alleged crime against him. The young man had fled from the military base on January 2 and was found “with great effort“, 20 days later, “in or near his car”.
daniel khalife had three court hearings: January 28, February 17 and July 21. In February, the suspect had a hearing by videoconference in the “High Court of Justice” (one of the highest English courts), and it was later revealed that Khalife had the intention of sowing panic among the military at the base where he was intended. with information about an alleged terrorist attack on those same military installations..
In addition, it was discovered that the suspect obtained personal information from the Ministry of Defense that could be used to organize a terrorist act in the year 2021.
Prison breaks have been a rare phenomenon in England: just five occurred between 2010 and 2017.
Source: Observadora
