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LONDON, (APP/AFP) – A man has been charged with the murder
of a US tourist after a knife attack in central London earlier this week, police in Britain’s capital said Friday.
Zakaria Bulhan, 19, was charged with the murder of 64-year-old
Darlene Horton plus five counts of attempted murder following the incident which took place late Wednesday in Russell Square.
The Metropolitan Police added in a statement that he was in custody
and would appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London for an initial hearing on Saturday.
Bulhan, of Tooting in south London, is a Norwegian national of Somali
origin who moved to Britain in 2002.
Horton was the wife of a professor at Florida State University who
had been teaching summer classes in London and was hours away from flying home.
A Briton injured in the attack is still in hospital while a man from
the US, an Australian man, an Australian woman and an Israeli woman were released from hospital Thursday after receiving treatment.
The Briton suffered a stab wound to the stomach while the American
and Australian men were stabbed in the chest.