Father of Streatham terrorist Sudesh Amman says: I never thought my son would go this far

Sudesh Amman was shot dead by police after launching an attack in Streatham
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Jacob Jarvis4 February 2020
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The father of terrorist Sudesh Amman said he spoke to his son on the eve of the Streatham attack and "never thought he would go this far".

Amman was shot dead after he stabbed two people in south London just days after being released from prison, where he was detained over terror offences.

His father, Faraz Khan, told Sky that he spoke to his son a day before the attack.

"I spoke to Sudesh one day before he passed away. I didn't know he had become radicalised," he told the broadcaster.

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In their conversation he told his 20-year-old son "not to be naughty", he told Sky.

"I heard they found a lot of things and I saw them on the news, but I never thought he would go this far," he said.

He said his son "got angry" sometimes but he had "nothing bad to say about him".

Mr Khan also described how his son had read passages of the Koran down the phone to him.

Having left the UK three months ago, he heard about his son's death through a message from a cousin.

Police at the scene following the terror attack in Streatham High Road
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Amman was jailed for possessing and distributing terrorist documents in December 2018,

Scotland Yard said armed officers were following Amman on foot on the day of the attack, as part of a "proactive counter-terrorism surveillance operation".

Three victims were taken by ambulance to south London hospitals.

One man, in his 40s, is in a serious but stable condition, police said.

A woman in her 50s, a teacher at a nearby school, had non-life threatening injuries. She has been discharged from hospital.

Police said a second woman, in her 20s, had suffered minor injuries believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of a police firearm. She has also left hospital.

Authorities are continuing to investigate the attack.

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