Streatham terror attack: Father says he told Sudesh Amman 'not to be naughty'

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The father of the Streatham terrorist has claimed he told his son “not to be naughty” during a phone call on the day before the attack.

Faraz Khan said he was not aware that Sudesh Amman – who was shot dead by police after stabbing two people in south London on Sunday – had been radicalised.

“He never talked to me about things like that,” he told Sky News.

“He said when his mother came to see him she brought him food – that’s the kind of things he talked about,” Mr Khan said.

“I told him not to be naughty, be good, and he listened.”

Amman, a 20-year-old Isis supporter, had been released from prison days before he stabbed people in Streatham and was under police surveillance at the time of the attack.

He was jailed for possessing and sharing terrorist documents in December 2018.

“He would never talk to me about naughty things,” Mr Khan said. “I heard they found a lot of things and I saw them on the news, but I never thought he would go this far.”

His mother, Haleema Faraz Khan, also told Sky News that her son was a “nice, polite boy” and that she believed he had become more religious while serving time in prison.

Two people were stabbed during the weekend attack, while another person was injured by flying glass in the following gunfire.

It was the third terror attack the UK has seen since the national threat level was lowered in November, following an attack at Fishmongers’ Hall near London Bridge in November and another by prisoners in HMP Whitemoor in January.

Additional reporting by Press Association