Alleged gunman Juraj Cintula, 71, is facing life in prison if convicted of the ‘lone wolf’, ‘politically motivated’ attack that rocked Europe, as it emerged he holds a range of political views.

Police were called to the Cockatoo Trail at Mount Coot-tha, west of Brisbane , on Sunday morning after reports a man had attempted to sexually assault a 25-year-old woman.

Kashaan Parks, 39, was named as a suspect nine days after the brutal attack in the South Bronx, where the victim was roped around her neck with a belt before being sexually assaulted.

Henry De Los Rios Polania, 35, an IT engineer from Hainault, is in hospital after being stabbed in his home on Tuesday morning.

The Met chief said a male officer was left with severe injuries to his hand following the apparently random rampage.

Peter Smith, 64, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, lost some of his left fingers in the attack yesterday by Turtle Beach near the Starfish Hotel in Courland Bay, Tobago, at around 9am on Friday.

Children as young as five have been revealed to be bringing blades into their classrooms, with one charity boss branding the battle a ‘ cancer that is spreading’ across the country.