Two males have been arrested in Romania, accused of attacking an Iranian journalist in London in March 2024, stabbing him within the legs, British police introduced.
Nadito Bandea, 19, and George Stana, 23, had been arrested yesterday by their nation's police on the request of British prosecutors. They had been introduced earlier than a court docket right this moment to start the extradition course of to Britain.
“We anticipate that the method will go forward and each males will probably be dropped at justice right here within the UK,” stated Helen Flanagan, Appearing Commander of the Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism Service.
For eight months, the company has been investigating the assault on Pooria Zeraati exterior his house in Wimbleton, south-west London, on March 29. The 36-year-old journalist works for the personal channel Iran Worldwide TV.
Zeraati was wounded within the leg and says he was stabbed due to his work for the channel, which Tehran has labeled a “terrorist group”. London police stated they’d recognized the three suspects, however they managed to go away the nation by air inside hours of the assault.
The 2 arrested are accused of deliberately inflicting damage with the purpose of inflicting grievous bodily hurt.
Following the assault, Reporters With out Borders referred to as on the British authorities to guard exiled Iranian journalists who’re underneath risk. Iran's cost d'affaires in London, Mehdi Hosseini Mateen, denied “any connection” to the assault.
In 2023, British police suggested Iran Worldwide TV to shut its places of work for seven months, as a precaution.
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