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Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of two Jewish men in London
Prosecutors said the Crown Prosecution Service found no sufficient evidence to link the stabbings to terrorism.
On Friday, Essa Suleiman appeared at London's Old Bailey court via video link and pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder stemming from two separate knife attacks in April.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer stated on Friday that the Crown Prosecution Service found insufficient evidence linking the April 29 stabbings in Golders Green to terrorism, despite initial investigations into incidents targeting Jewish premises.
Prosecutors allege Suleiman first stabbed his friend Ishmail Hussein in Southwark, then traveled by public transport to Golders Green, where he attacked Shloime Rand and Moshe Shine.
A trial date has been set for March 1, and Suleiman also denied a charge of possessing a bladed article in a public place.
Rand suffered a punctured lung and Shine sustained neck injuries during the Golders Green incident, which followed a series of attacks on Jewish premises in north London.