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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

What is Prevent? The anti-terror unit that Golders Green attack suspect was referred to

The man suspected of carrying out a knife attack in north London was previously referred to the government’s counter-extremism programme, Prevent, police have confirmed.

The 45-year-old was born in Somalia and came to the UK legally as a child in the 1990s, home secretary Shabana Mahmood said earlier on Thursday.

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