Overview
- Counter Terrorism Policing London confirmed it is investigating the December 24 assault in the Cambridge area on a man in his 50s, with no arrests reported and no assessed wider threat to the public.
- Scotland Yard said investigators are keeping an open mind on motive as they review the case passed to them because of its apparently targeted character.
- Cambridge Police transferred evidence including CCTV, photographs, Akbar’s statement and local forensics to CTP London, according to reporting.
- Akbar says a separate incident on December 31 damaged his Cambridgeshire home in what he describes as an attempt to set the property on fire, and he has urged UK authorities to ensure his family’s safety.
- He previously reported suffering a broken nose and a jaw fracture in the December 24 attack, while Pakistan continues to seek his extradition after a court declared him a proclaimed offender.