Khalife pulled off his bike on canal towpath Police have issued a new statement on Daniel Khalife’s capture: Commander Dominic Murphy, the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism chief, said Daniel Khalife was pulled off a bike by the officer that arrested him. At 10.41am he was arrested in Rowdell Road in UB5 in London on the canal towpath. He was actually arrested by a plain clothes officer... and he was riding a pedal cycle so a pushbike at the time, was pulled off that pushbike by that officer and arrested at that location. Upon being detained by the officer he was fully co-operative and handcuffed and arrested. This blog is closed. Here’s a summary of today’s main developments: Daniel Khalife was arrested by plain-clothes police at 10.41am this morning while cycling a bike along a towpath near Northolt, north-west London. Police paid tribute to the public and the media for the “substantial role” they played in Khalife’s capture and said they will now pivot their resources to investigating his escape in order to find anyone who assisted him. Commander Dominic Murphy, the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism chief, told reporters: “If we identify anybody who helped and supported him we will be looking for them and ensuring that they also face justice.” Labour is demanding answers from the government about “how on earth” a prisoner charged with terror and national security offences could have escaped from prison. Thanks for following along with me, Donna Ferguson. On social media, posters poked fun at the news that, despite all his military training, Khalife was captured so quickly. Others found it amusing that he was arrested while taking a sunny bike ride along the Thames after his dramatic escape from jail. One person compared his attempt to evade police to Mr Blobby walking into a room: Another suggested Khalife’s attempt to hide from police was comparable to a very poor attempt to hide behind a tree: One poster poked fun at the idea of Khalife attempting to evade capture in a leafy area of west London: Another suggested that escaping from Wandsworth and getting as far as Chiswick was less than impressive: Broadcaster Anneka Rice tweeted that she now feels better about her attempt to evade capture on the TV show Celebrity Hunted: Commander Dominic Murphy has also told PA news that the cooperation of the public had been “so significant” in the hunt to find Khalife. He added: “We wouldn’t have been able to find anything without the public’s help and support. It really helped focus our efforts. “Clearly, this has also been an intelligence-led investigation, but the media and the public have played a very, very substantial role and that cooperation has been so significant in finding Daniel and making sure that he’s back in custody today.” A man who was walking along the Grand Union Canal in south-west London has said he witnessed the moments after Daniel Khalife was pulled off a bike by a plainclothes police officer. The man, who did not want to be named, told the PA news agency: “I look back and it seemed like two guys having an argument. I didn’t know at the time what was happening. “I read up on it later on. It didn’t seem like it was the guy because they said Chiswick. I walked away. It didn’t even click. It seemed a bit random. They must have had people on every approach to the canal side knowing that he was cycling.” Commander Dominic Murphy has told reporters that the Ministry of Justice and Prison Service are exerting “huge amounts of effort” to understand how Daniel Khalife escaped. He told the PA news agency: I know huge amounts of efforts are taking place within the Ministry of Justice and the Prison Service now to understand how Daniel escaped. That will form part of our investigation but my interest... has always been in trying to find Daniel and put him back into custody. We now pivot our resources into the investigation to understand how he escaped and that’s where our focus will be. “In terms of the prison, it’s really a matter for the Prison Service and the Ministry of Justice.” Asked for further detail on Daniel Khalife’s arrest, Murphy told the agency: The officer was responding as part of our search strategy following the call from the members of public. And of course, we work really closely with intelligence partners here in counter terrorism. The officer was in that area as a result of being tasked to search for Daniel, saw him on a pedal cycle, was able to pull him off that pushbike, and arrest him at that moment in time. After his arrest, Daniel was fully cooperative.” Commander Dominic Murphy, the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism chief, has given an interview to Sky News warning that police resources are now being redirected from Daniel Khalife’s manhunt towards an investigation into his escape. He told the broadcaster: We will pivot all of our resource from the manhunt for Daniel Khalife into now ensuring that we conduct a full investigation into how he escaped and any further criminal charges and anyone that might have helped him … If you were supporting or assisting Daniel – before, during or after his escape – you will still form part of our investigation, and we will find you. We need to now focus on that part of our work, now that he’s in custody. Here’s another view of the canal towpath in west London where terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife was arrested. He was pulled off a bike by plainclothes police. This is the canal towpath in Northolt, west London, where terror suspect Daniel Khalife was arrested and is in now police custody. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has praised the work of police and intelligence workers in tracking down Daniel Khalife. Officers were seen checking people’s gardens, stopping cars, inspecting car boots and asking residents for their IDs throughout the morning. Writing on social media, she said: Terrorism suspect Daniel Khalife has been tracked down & brought back into custody thanks to the determined work of our police & intelligence partners. I want to thank the Metropolitan police, agencies & Border Force for their work on this massive operation.” Here’s a map showing the route of Daniel Khalife’s escape and where he was arrested.