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Some of the media are talking about the visits made to, reportedly by anti—terrorism police, to his fathers home in north london, where he is said to be absolutely traumatised by what has happened. we also know that the suspect was referred to a government de—radicalisation programme called prevent. this was set up some years ago by the government to try to go upstream, to tackle the ideology that steers some people towards violent acts of extremism — notjustjihadists inspired by al-qaeda,...

A british national of somali heritage who is being held at a london police station under the terrorism act. he was referred to the governments prevent scheme a few years ago, the programme designed to stop people being radicalised. but hes not thought to have been considered a subject of interest by mi5. now, urgent calls to keep mps safe. this weekend, already, changes, such as in south wales, with a police guard for an mps coffee morning. some say this needs to be the norm. there has not been,...

Important thing they will have wanted to establish early on is whether there was anyone else involved in the actions on friday. so far there do not seem to be. in other words he was a lone actor. his name is ali harbi ali. he is a 25—year—old british man of somali heritage. that is relevant because his father has been visited in london by counterterrorism police. his father also named as harbi ali kullane has been absolutely traumatised by this. his father was an adviser to the somali govern...

Threatened to stop the cameras. a princely prize — the duke of cambridge prepares to reveal the winners of a new environmental award. hello and welcome to bbc news. here in the uk, detectives now have until next friday to question a man arrested in connection with the death of the conservative mp sir david amess. he was attacked while holding a constituency surgery in leigh—on—sea in essex. its understood that the 25—year—old suspect — ali harbi ali — was referred to the government...

Programme is controversial because there are plenty of people who considered it to unfairly concentrate on muslims in the past and demonises certain communities. it has not always work. some people have gone on it. it is voluntary and is not kind any —— carry any kind of criminal record. they can move referred to by nhs workers, police, any member of the public. if they say i am concerned about someone wearing nazi memorabilia, joining a weird cult, getting extreme, that would... he would th...

Attempt to flee the scene of the crime. the weapon used in the alleged attack has been recovered. the suspect has been named as ali harbi ali, a 25—year—old british man of somali heritage, but british raised. some of the media are talking about the visits made to, reportedly by anti—terrorism police, to his father�*s home in north london, where he is said to be absolutely traumatised by what has happened. we also know that the suspect was referred to a government de—radicalisation prog...

An upstanding member of the community, and is totally horrified and shocked at what his son is alleged to have done. we also know that the suspect was referred some years ago to a counter—radicalisation programme in the uk called prevent. it is one of the strands of the government counterterrorism strategy that aims to steer people away from a path of radicalisation and extremism. it is not always successful. he did not spend long on it and, as of last week, i am told, he was not on any of the...