News Exercise #310

1 What had the attacker been doing up to the time of the attack?
2 How did the third interviewee describe his previous experience with terrorism?
3. what was the attacker’s background in crime?
4 What was done to stop the attacker prior to the Police shooting him?

Answers:

1 What had the attacker been doing up to the time of the attack?
He had been attending a conference on prison reform.
2 How did the third interviewee describe his previous experience with terrorism?
He said that he had grown up with the IRA, and that he used to get evacuated from school because of bomb threats in Blackpool where they used to have the political party conferences.
3. what was the attacker’s background in crime?
He had been imprisoned for a plot to blow up the London Stock exchange.
4 What was done to stop the attacker prior to the Police shooting him?
A group of Londoners confronted him using poles and fire extinguishers to tackle him