Overview

• Owen Lawrence, the 38-year-old suspect in the Headingley crossbow attack, died on Tuesday from a self-inflicted injury after wounding two women, aged 19 and 31, on Saturday.
• Counter Terrorism Policing North East is leading the investigation, examining Lawrence's online manifesto and weapons cache, which included a crossbow and firearm.
• Campaigners like Laura Sugden, whose partner was killed in a 2018 crossbow attack, argue that the government’s proposed age-verification measures fall short of the comprehensive licensing and oversight needed.
• The Home Office has yet to publish its response to a consultation on crossbow regulation that closed over a year ago, despite mounting pressure from victims and advocates.
• The Headingley attack is the latest in a series of high-profile crossbow incidents, intensifying calls to treat crossbows with the same regulatory rigor as firearms.