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Man charged with attempted murder over Leytonstone tube station attack

Police investigating a knife attack at a London tube station have charged a man with attempted murder over the alleged stabbing of a commuter.

Scotland Yard named the suspect as Muhaydin Mire, 29, from Leytonstone, who is charged over the attack on a 56-year-old man on Saturday evening at Leytonstone underground station.

Detectives and the security services were investigating whether the alleged attacker was acting alone. The incident took place after months of warnings from security officials that there has been an Isis-inspired drive to kill on Britain’s streets.

Two men were reportedly attacked at the station by a knife-wielding man who eyewitnesses said had declared: “This is for Syria.”

The episode was captured by fellow commuters, who filmed it on their phones and spread it on social media. The man was eventually overpowered by police officers, who used a Taser to disable and disarm him.