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On 5 December 2015, a man armed with what was described as a 3-inch (7.5 cm) [[a blunt bread knife]] attacked three people at [[Leytonstone tube station]] in [[East London]].
One of the three victims was seriously injured, and the other two sustained minor stab wounds. The attacker was named as 29-year-old Muhaydin Mire of [[Leytonstone]], who was found guilty of attempted murder in June 2016.<ref name="dodd"/>
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Some bystanders threw bottles at the perpetrator while another shouted, "Put it down [the knife], you fool".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/you-aint-no-muslim-bruv-londoners-mock-underground-attacker/|title="You ain't no Muslim, bruv!" Londoners mock attacker|date=6 December 2015|publisher=|accessdate=7 December 2015}}</ref> A bystander received a cut to his neck while confronting the perpetrator. A junior doctor, who was passing the scene, tended to the wounded victim to control his bleeding, the doctor praised the "brave people" who confronted the perpetrator.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mansfield|first1=Katie|title='I thought I would be stabbed' Hero doctor who saved Leytonstone victim's life|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/624798/Junior-Doctor-Matt-Smith-saves-Leytonstone-stabbing-victim-life|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Daily Express|date=7 December 2015}}</ref>
At 19:14, the suspect was arrested and taken to a police station in east London where he was placed in custody. A [[Taser]] was twice used, once without effect, by one of the officers during the arrest. Police said that one victim had sustained serious, but not life-threatening, knife injuries, and two others were later treated for minor injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Counter Terrorism Command now investigating incident at Leytonstone|url = http://news.met.police.uk/news/counter-terrorism-command-now-investigating-incident-at-leytonstone-140905|website = Mynewsdesk|accessdate = 5 December 2015}}</ref>
== Attacker ==
Muhaydin Mire, 29, of Leytonstone, appeared at the [[Old Bailey]] on 7 December 2015 and was charged with attempted murder of the 56-year-old man who was seriously injured. Mire was [[Involuntary commitment|sectioned]] under the [[Mental Health Act 2007|Mental Health Act]] for examination to determine his state of mind.<ref name=mire>{{cite news|title=Man appears in court after London station 'terror attack' stabbing|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/624719/Muhaydin-Mire-charged-leytonstone-terror-attack-name|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Daily Express|date=7 December 2015}}</ref>
Mire's mental state became a central point in his trial and post-event evaluations. One report refers to 'he began having paranoid psychotic episodes in 2006 when he was first admitted to hospital. He moved to Leytonstone in 2011, taking jobs as an Uber taxi driver and a council estate caretaker but he was forced to give up work because of anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. He missed an appointment with a community mental health worker four days before the attack because he was suffering from paranoid delusions that he was being followed by MI5 and MI6 agents'.<ref>http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/leytonstone-tube-attack-muhiddin-mire-sentenced-to-life-behind-bars-a3309181.html</ref>
According to his brother, Mire had a history of mental illness, having spent three months in hospital due to paranoia, and he had relapsed in August 2015. The brother said that Mire would telephone him with odd, delusional messages, but none of them had a political theme.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Leytonstone attack: accused had "mental health problems"|url = http://www.channel4.com/news/leytonstone-attack-accused-had-mental-health-problems|website = Channel 4 News|accessdate = 9 December 2015}}</ref> Mire's family sought urgent medical help trying to get him sectioned, around a month before the attack. This was rejected by authorities, who found him to be of no risk to himself or others. As a final resort, Mire's brother "decided to move him out the country [to see his mother]...I decided to book a ticket for him on this Sunday. He was okay as far as I know. He wanted to go".<ref name=":0" />▼
▲According to his brother, Mire had a history of mental illness, having spent three months in hospital due to paranoia, and he had relapsed in August 2015. The brother said that Mire would telephone him with odd, delusional messages, but none of them had a political theme.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Leytonstone attack: accused had "mental health problems"|url = http://www.channel4.com/news/leytonstone-attack-accused-had-mental-health-problems|website = Channel 4 News|accessdate = 9 December 2015}}</ref> Mire's family sought urgent medical help trying to get him sectioned, around a month before the attack. This was rejected by authorities, who found him to be of no risk to himself or others.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12036774/Leytonstone-Tube-attack-Muhaydin-Mire-appears-in-court.html</ref>
Was there a gap between the police and mental health care? One commentator wrote 'Islamic State propaganda may well have reached Mire’s mind. But had he not been mentally ill this would not have impelled him to attack a total stranger with a breadknife in a London Tube station. Mental illness, following heavy drug abuse, was behind that. Perhaps if this were better understood, and we were not so focused on terrorism as the main threat, the authorities might have paid more attention to Mire’s family when they begged for an intervention three weeks before the crime'.<ref>http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2016/06/he-wasnt-no-terrorist-bruv-reflections-on-the-leytonstone-knife-outrage.html</ref>
As a final resort, Mire's brother "decided to move him out the country [to see his mother]...I decided to book a ticket for him on this Sunday. He was okay as far as I know. He wanted to go".<ref name=":0" />
In June 2016, Mire was convicted of attempted murder and admitted four counts of attempted wounding. In July he was sentenced to life imprisonment and started to serve his term at [[Broadmoor Hospital]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36942245 Life term for IS-inspired Tube attacker Muhiddin Mire]</ref><ref name="dodd" />
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