Counter-terrorism police are investigating after a dissident Iranian journalist was stabbed outside his home in London.
I must stress that, at this early stage of our investigation, we do not know the reason why this victim was attacked and there could be a number of explanations for this.
While we are keeping an open mind, given the occupation of the victim and our publicised concerns about the threat to employees of that organisation, the investigation is being led by the Counter Terrorism Command.
I appreciate the wider concern this incident may cause particularly amongst others in similar lines of work, and those from Iranian communities. We continue to work closely with the victim's organisation and as a precaution we'll have additional patrols in the
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