TERRORIST ATTACK IN LONDON REVENDIQUE

The authorities have referred to an act "linked to terrorism".

The suspect was killed. "The incident was quickly declared as a terrorist act and we believe it is linked to Islamism," the authorities added in a statement.

Two people were stabbed and "three people were injured," police said, adding that a man was in a life-threatening emergency. The other two victims, women, are out of danger.

Police said they shot the man who stabbed several people. "We can confirm that the man who was shot by the police has been declared dead," said the police.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the emergency services, adding that his thoughts were with "the injured and all those affected."

The Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility for a knife attack carried out the day before in London on Monday, which left wounded, according to Amaq, the propaganda organ of the jihadists. The assailant in the Streatham district of south London yesterday (Sunday) is among ISIS fighters, "Amaq said in a statement. "He led the attack in response to calls to target nationals of countries of the international anti-jihadist coalition," said the statement shared on the Telegram channels of the jihadist group.

The British capital has been bereaved several times by terrorist knife attacks in recent years. The last before that of Streatham took place at the end of November on the London Bridge and had made two victims. The perpetrator of the attack claimed by Daesh was a former prisoner for terrorist acts released half-time.

Since then, the government of Boris Johnson has announced measures to increase penalties for perpetrators and prohibit their early release.

In the draft, which is to be studied in Parliament, it is expected that those convicted of acts considered terrorist will be imprisoned for at least 14 years.