{"id":2447,"date":"2023-09-10T03:28:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T03:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/uk-police-arrest-escaped-terrorism-suspect-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T03:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T03:28:08","slug":"uk-police-arrest-escaped-terrorism-suspect-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uk-police-arrest-escaped-terrorism-suspect-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"UK police arrest escaped terrorism suspect | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former British soldier suspected of terrorism offences who escaped from prison earlier this week was recaptured in London on Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n

Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, absconded from London’s Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning after slipping out of the prison kitchen where he was working and strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery truck.<\/p>\n

“Officers apprehended him just before 11:00 a.m. (1000 GMT) hrs today … in the Chiswick area (of west London) and he is currently in police custody,” a police statement said.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, speaking to reporters at the G20 gathering in New Delhi, thanked the police and the public for their help in finding Khalife.<\/p>\n

Khalife, who was discharged from the British army in May, was being held in prison ahead of trial on offences relating to terrorism and the Official Secrets Act.<\/p>\n

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He is accused of eliciting or trying to elicit information likely to be useful to a person preparing an act of terrorism while he was based at barracks in central England in 2021, and staging a bomb hoax by placing three canisters with wires on a desk.<\/p>\n

He is also charged with obtaining information which might be “directly or indirectly useful to an enemy”. The BBC has reported he was accused of gathering intelligence for Iran.<\/p>\n

Opposition lawmakers have demanded answers into how Khalife had been able to escape and why he was not being held at a maximum security prison. There are also questions about the jail’s staffing and security procedures.<\/p>\n

The hunt to track down Khalife meant enhanced security checks at UK ports and airports which have led to delays for passengers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n