Saturday, August 6, 2016
By ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
The 19-year-old arrested following the stabbing of an American tourist in Russell Square has been charged with her murder.
Zakaria Bulhan has also been charged with the attempted murder of five other people after they were attacked with a knife in central London on Wednesday.
The Norwegian national of Somali origin, who moved to the UK in 2002, was arrested after dozens of armed police brought him down with a Taser stun gun.
Mother-of-two Darlene Horton, 64, was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife and bled to death on the pavement.
She had chosen to stay in London for an extra day to enjoy time in the capital because psychology professor Dr Richard Wagner had taught at a UK summer school for several weeks. They were due to fly back six hours after her murder.
She could not be saved, despite the best efforts of paramedics, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said her shocked husband sobbed nearby as her body lay sprawled on the pavement overnight.
Dozens of flowers have been left at the spot where she was stabbed including bouquets with an American flag.