The London Metropolitan Police has issued an urgent appeal on Wednesday to locate Daniel Abed Khalifea former british military accused of crimes of terrorism for violating the Official Secrets law, which has escaped wandsworth prison, in the southwest of the capital of the United Kingdom. Government sources have informed Sky News that the defendant, just 21 years old, could have escaped from prison hidden under a food truck. Khalife would be working in the Wandsworth kitchens when he took the opportunity to escape under the vehicle.
Khalife, former member of the corps Royal Signals, he was sent to prison on a preventive basis awaiting trial for collecting information “useful to the enemy.” The wandsworth prison It is one of the largest prisons in the entire British territory.
He UK Counter Terrorism Command it has already been put on alert and, consequently, a warning has been sent to all airports and ports in the country. British media had previously reported additional security checks at the Gatwick Airport.
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“Additional security measures are currently in place at London Gatwick and other UK airports and ports,” an airport spokesperson said. Gatwick Airport management has also reported increased waiting times due to “additional controls”.
The head of the London Police Anti-Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy, has reported that a group of officers is already carrying out “extensive investigations” to locate and arrest khalife “as fast as possible”. “The population can also help us,” she added. “I also want to assure the public that we have no information to indicate, nor any reason to believe, that Khalife represents a threat to the general populationBut our advice, if you see it, is to stay away from it,” Commander Murphy said.