Youssef Zaghba: Identity of third London attacker raises further doubts over intelligence failings
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Italian authorities informed their British counterparts in April last year about Zaghba’s efforts to join Isis. When stopped the previous month at Bologna airport en route to Turkey, from where he intended to cross the border into Syria, the 22-year-old reportedly declared: “I am going to be a terrorist.” UK officials were sent details of his arrest and incriminating material found in his possession and from a search of a place where he had been staying. Yet, while confirming that Zaghba was one of the killers, Scotland Yard stated: “He was not a police or MI5 subject of interest.” The Italian authorities had also informed their counterparts in Morocco about Zaghba. All that, as well as details of additional incriminating material found in a search of his mother’s home, was passed on to British security agencies in May last year, according to Italian authorities.
London Bridge attack: Third suspect named as Yousef Zaghba, says Italian media
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