London police catch escaped terror suspect

Officials were able to seize the 21-year-old shortly before 11 a.m. (local time) on Saturday in the London district of Chiswick, as the Metropolitan Police announced. The police had previously concentrated their search on the affluent district in the southwest of the capital after there were reports of sightings of the ex-soldier there.

The arrest marks the end of a three-day large-scale manhunt, during which security checks were also significantly tightened at ports and airports. The man escaped from Wandsworth Prison in southwest London on Wednesday morning by clinging to the underside of a truck.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was satisfied with the success of the manhunt. The conservative politician told journalists on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India that he would like to thank the police and the public who helped to catch the man with an “enormous number of clues”.

It was surprising how the former soldier, who is accused of planting dummy bombs on a military base, managed to escape unnoticed. The government announced in-depth investigations.

The case highlights the tense situation in the British penal system. Many of the prisons are hopelessly overcrowded. Added to this are staff shortages, high levels of sickness and high fluctuation. A large number of the buildings, some of which date back to the 19th century, are no longer considered contemporary. The writer Oscar Wilde, who was persecuted for his homosexuality, was imprisoned in Wandsworth Prison. Recently, the German ex-tennis star Boris Becker also spent some time in the prison.

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