Teen admits killing Florida woman in London knife rampage
LONDON — A teenager on Monday admitted killing a retired Florida teacher and injuring five other people in a stabbing rampage near the British Museum in London.
Zakaria Bulhan, 19, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility in the Aug. 3 slaying of 64-year-old Darlene Horton of Tallahassee, Florida. Bulhan also pleaded guilty to five counts of wounding during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court.
He had been charged with one count of murder and five of attempted murder, but prosecutors said they would accept the guilty pleas to lesser charges.
They said Bulhan was suffering an “acute” episode of paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the attack. He told police who interviewed him that the devil had made him kill.