2024 Soho car attack | |
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![]() The location of the attack, Shaftesbury Avenue, in 2016 | |
Location | Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, City of Westminster, London, England |
Coordinates | 51°30′41″N0°08′00″W / 51.511472°N 0.133417°W |
Date | December 25, 2024 00:45 a.m. (GMT) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming, traffic collision |
Weapons | Mercedes-Benz E-Class |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 4 |
Accused | Anthony Gilheaney |
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At 00:45 a.m. on December 25, 2024, Christmas Day, a Mercedes-Benz E-Class was driven into four pedestrians along the wrong side of the road of Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho in Westminster, London, England, with one pedestrian left in critical condition. [1]
A 31-year-old man named Anthony Gilheaney from Harlow, Essex [2] was arrested as a suspect and charged with 4 counts of attempted murder. The Metropolitan Police stated that they were not treating the incident as terror-related and that the suspect was involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to the attack. [2] ' He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on two days after the attack on the 27th and is remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 24 January, 2025. [2]