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49 minutes ago
Dominic added analysis to:
The fact that the suspects were "known" to the authorities doesn't at this stage explain at all which agency knew precisely what and when.
The Security Service and police have finite resources - which is why they seek to focus on the most dangerous or immediate threats - and then later try to find out what they can about anyone else on the "periphery" of that investigation.
1 hour ago
Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee to investigate what MI5 knew of the men who turned out to be the Woolwich attackers.
3 hours ago
The BBC also understands that one of the men was stopped by the police last year, while leaving the country. #woolwich
3 hours ago
So until the govt clarifies who knew what and when - and what that meant in a broader context of terror ops - we're still in the dark.
3 hours ago
It could mean their names were known - but not necessarily much else. May be they were on the periphery of another plot. (2/2)
3 hours ago
So the attackers, in some form in some way, were known to the security services. That could mean a lot of things. (1/2)
4 hours ago
One of the suspects in the Woolwich attack is Michael Adebolojo, according to BBC sources.
5 hours ago
PM won't comment on whether the attackers were known to the security services.
5 hours ago
PM: Security services will not rest until they have uncovered every detail of what was behind this.
5 hours ago
PM: This country will be resolute in standing against terrorism - a view shared by every community. This was a betrayal of Islam.
5 hours ago
They're not releasing his name at this stage in accordance with a request from his family.
5 hours ago
Metropolitan Police have confirmed that the man killed in Woolwich was a serving soldier.
8 hours ago
#Woolwich: Why this type of attack - on the street, against the military - has been long-feared http://t.co/Hoh1LgDB7W
15 hours ago
Last word tonight goes to my very angry Brit-Muslim-Somali taxi driver: "These two aren't Muslim. This wasn't in my God's name".
16 hours ago
Wednesday's events in Woolwich have shocked the UK - but this was precisely the kind of attack that security chiefs have long feared could come.
The warning signs that a soldier would one day be targeted on the streets of Britain can be found in the heart of al-Qaeda's violent ideology and how that has been interpreted by followers in the UK and other Western nations.
16 hours ago
Dominic added analysis to:
The case for this being a jihadist attack, following the ideology of al-Qaeda, is compelling - even if the police won't yet say so officially.
If it is, then it would be the first such incident leading to a death of someone other than the perpetrator since the 2005 London suicide bombings.
Dominic began his career in local newspapers after studying languages at university.
Since joining the BBC in 1998 he has focused on stories relating to law, order, society and belonging - including immigration, ethnicity, the rule of law and terrorism.
He has spent most of his BBC career working online and was one of the pioneers of live online reporting for the BBC, filing stories from the field in the days when mobile phones looked like bricks and we had no idea when the data would reach the news editor.
He is married with two children. His unspellable surname is Italian.
When not undertaking family or work duties, you'll find him cycling up and down hills dreaming of Tour de France greatness.
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