1st LD: Man admits killing American tourist in last year knife attack in Britain

A 19-year old man told a British court on Monday that he had killed a U.S. tourist and injured five others during a knife attack last year in London.

The man, whose name was given as Zakaria Bulhan from south-west London, carried out the attack in London's Russell Square on Aug. 3 last year.

Local media said the Bulhan had pleaded guilty at the London-based Central Criminal Court of England and Wales to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and wounding.

Diminished responsibility refers to an unbalanced mental state which is considered to make a person less answerable for murder, being recognized as grounds to reduce the charge to that of manslaughter.

Bulhan had been charged with murder and attempted murder but the court accepted his plea. Endit