SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center-Daniel Khalife, British soldier awaiting trial on terror-related charges, escapes from London prison

2025-05-05 18:37:18source:Maxwell Caldwellcategory:Stocks

A British soldier awaiting trial on SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Centerterror-related charges has escaped from a prison in southwest London, the country's counterterror police said Wednesday.

Police said Daniel Abed Khalife, who has been accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating Britain's Official Secrets Act, went missing from Wandsworth prison early Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement Khalife escaped at 7:50 a.m. local time. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, red and white checkered trousers and brown steel- toe cap boots, police said.

Khalife, 21, has denied all the charges against him.

"We have a team of officers who are making extensive and urgent inquiries in order to locate and detain Khalife as quickly as possible," said Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police's counterterrorism command.

We are urgently appealing to trace Daniel Khalife, who escaped from Wandsworth Prison this morning.

He has links to #Kingston - police efforts to trace him are ongoing. He should not be approached.

If you have info on his whereabouts, call 999 quoting CAD 1631/06SEP23 pic.twitter.com/Q7B9uKV9uJ

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) September 6, 2023

Murphy said there is no information to suggest that Khalife poses a threat to the wider public but urged anyone who may see him to not approach him.

No explanation of how Khalife escaped was provided.

Travelers are facing major delays and lines at Manchester, Glasgow and Heathrow Airports, as police and border force officers are checking the identification of passengers who have already gone through security, the Manchester Evening News reported.

The last infamous escape involving inmates accused of terrorism  was when IRA prisoners broke out of Whitemoor prison in 1994, the BBC reported.

A January 2022 report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons said a "serious security breach had led to an escape" from HMP Wandsworth in 2019, the BBC reported.

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