Suicidal knifeman is ‘controlled by a wood pigeon’

A suicidal knifeman who waved a kitchen knife at MoD officers at Horse Guards Parade yelled ‘f–k off Britain. I want to go back to Sri Lanka’ from the dock. Prashanth Kandhaiah, 30, came within seconds of being shot dead at the ceremonial parade ground in St James Park on Easter Monday 18 April. Kandhaiah had searched “rat poison can kill people” the day before his attack, as well as “I hate Britain” and “police”. He had also looked up…