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"We are treating this as a

terrorist incident. I would urge
the public to remain calm, but
alert and vigilant.
"The threat from terrorism
remains at severe, which
means that a terrorist attack is
highly likely.
"I would appeal to anyone
who was in the vicinity of
Leytonstone
underground
station earlier this evening at
around 7pm who saw anything
suspicious to call the antiterror hotline on 0800 789
321."
-Commander Richard Walton,
who leads the Met's CounterTerrorism Command
Some of us have dedicated
speeches
and
media
appearances and sound-bites,
and everything to this subjects
but You aint no Muslim
bruv says it all, much better
than I ever could, and thank
you because that will be
applauded all around the
country.
- Prime Minister David
Cameron

"Private hire driver who was

licensed by Transport for
London. Many private hire
drivers in the (British) capital
are from ethnic minorities. It's
important that the despicable
actions of one person are not
used to tarnish the reputation
of entire communities."
-Tom Elvidge, Uber's London
general manager

"I realised it wasn't a fight but

something more sinister. A
guy, an adult, lying on the
floor with a guy standing next
to him brandishing a knife of
about three inches... maybe a
hobby knife. It had a thin
blade, but looked fairly long.
He was screaming 'go on,
then, run' to everyone else. He
was pacing back and forth
next to the guy on the floor.
He came up to the barriers."
-Witness Michael Garcia, 24, a
financial
analyst
from
Leytonstone

"There is an ongoing police

investigation into the attack in
London. We are monitoring
the situation closely as further
details emerge."

"There is a fear among the

Somali community
especially...in the context of a
minicab driver we are fearful
that everyone else will look at
us with suspicious eyes. I
think highlighting the man's
mental condition will help the
population here understand
that there is something behind
it."- Sahel Ali, Chairman,
Darussalam Mosque and
Cultural Centre

-A spokeswoman
Downing Street

for

10

Its a very London thing to

say, I thought it was really
positive. Given the sharp spike
after Paris in Islamophobic
incidences, it is exactly this
kind of positive messaging
that detaches the Muslim
community from extremists
and terrorists.

Evil, pure evil. I saw the guy,

I was like, well you aint a
Muslim ... Thats my views,
and I had to let him know that.
I just said how I felt, to be
honest - that just came
naturally.
-The man who shouted at a
suspected terrorist during a
stabbing at a tube station

-Fiyaz Mughal, director of

anti-extremism group Faith
Matters

"People just wanted the

attacker to stop it, but then he
took the knife out and used it
on the victim.
"Everybody left the concourse
and the attacker was using the
knife on his body then he
came out of [the] barrier and
the people who were nearby
the subway ran off."
-Salim Patel, who works at a

shop in the Tube station