carley: fox news alert, british prime minister boris johnson confirming there are dozens of terrorists set to be released in uk as we learn more about the london bridge terror attack. it was because of automatic early release this individual was out on the streets that allowed him to be released automatically have been served only 8 years. he was probably about 74. wow, isis claiming responsibility for friday s attack reportedly as payback for the death of abu bakr al-baghdadi, so what happens if more are released? automatic early release. the families of the two victims
conviction. nina dos santos is in london. good to see you, nina. british prime minister boris johnson said it was repulsive that khan was freed early. is this becoming a political issue? it is fast becoming a political issue. i suppose that was probably unavoidable given the timing of this incident. just two weeks out from a general election. when the british prime minister, the incumbent of the ruling conservative party, is trying desperately to pitch himself as the man to get tough on law and order, well before this incident on friday at london bridge, boris johnson had been pledging to hire 20,000 police officers and also pledged to end things like these types of longer sentences. in a television interview to the bbc today he did confirm that. he said he wanted to end the system of automatic early release. this is the system by which as you mentioned in your introduction a man like usman khan who when he was originally convicted in 2010 of these terrorism offenses was deemed to be
a long time that i think that the practice of automatic early release where would you cut a sentence in the mit really serious violent offenders out early simply isn t working and i think you ve had some very good evidence of how that isn t working i m afraid with this case i think we need to look at what happens in the in the prisons what happens with the patients service and what happens with the role of the parole board in the us and make sure the sentences are appropriate but above all it s what happens inside the prison if prisons continue to be understaffed overcrowded and a lot of prison is not being propped. there is a danger to everybody in the future. police say they are working flat out to establish that. stopping. the attack is likely to tara into the spotlight and this election campaign. today marks world aids day
confirm the suspect served 6 years on terrorism charges. but authorities let him go. people around the world are crying foul, including the country s prime minister boris johnson. this guy served half of his sentence. he s out on automatic early release. i have long said that this system simply isn t working. reporter: the london bridge attacker is one of three men who is known to have traveled to pakistan to start up a isis training camp in kashmir. they planned to send letter bombs to civilians in the mail. given all the details now known about this person and the details intelligence sources say will continue to emerge, the aftermath of this attack is leaving brits and people all across the globe with more
by a terrorist wielding kitchen knives and a fake suicide vest who went on a stabbing spree friday morning in london. the u.k. s national health service said one of the people injured in the attack has returned home, two others remain in stable condition at a london hospital. labour leader jeremy corbyn s making the case that government cutbacks play a role in the rise of terrorist attacks across the u.k. eight attacks in the past two years in london alone. you can t keep people safe on the cheap. reporter: british or counterterrorism officials confirm the suspect had 3r50e6sly are served six years in prison for terrorist-related charges but authorities let him go last year without any parole board assessment as to his fitness for release or his rehabilitation. now people around the world are crying foul, including the country s own prime minister, boris johnson. this guy was out, he served half of his sentence, he was out on automatic early release.