‘It’s personal’: Mayor of London calls for unity at Streatham terror attack vigil By Samuel Draper February 10 2020, 09:30 Follow @SW_Londoner Sadiq Khan gave a passionate speech praising community spirit at a vigil in Streatham on Saturday. The Mayor of London and Streatham MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy were among the speakers on Streatham High Road, six days after a terror attack in the area left three people in hospital. Mr Khan praised the Streatham community and the police for their reactions to the stabbing, and how local people have come together rather than letting a terrorist divide them. Mr Khan told the South West Londoner: “It’s personal, I’m a south Londoner. I live up the road. What’s wonderful about the response of my community has been how resolute we’ve stood in the last six days. “We have to lobby the government for more resources. The police we’ve got are under-resourced and over-stretched and we need more of them. “We’ve lost so ...
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