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Jaswant Singh Chail entered the grounds of Windsor Castle armed. His family is appalled at the 19-year-old’s alleged plan to murder the Queen.
In a video, the 19-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail threatened to kill the Queen.
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A 19-year-old arrested on the grounds of Windsor Castle allegedly plotted murder against Queen Elizabeth II.
He comes from a middle-class family in the south of England.
An expert explains why the security forces reacted quickly to Chail’s presence.
On Christmas Day, 19-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail climbed the wall of the Queen’s residence at Windsor Castle using a rope ladder. He was armed with a crossbow and had one goal: to assassinate Elizabeth II. His father Jasbir Singh Chail shows up desperate: «Something went terribly wrong with our son and we’re trying to find out what. “
The family from the southern English city of Southampton said they have not yet had the opportunity to speak to the arrested son. Father Jasbir Singh Chail is just about to «to get him the help he needs»how he too “Daily Mail” said. son Jaswant couldn’t even be questioned by the police, however: After a psychiatric assessment, he was forcibly sent to a psychiatric facility.
A comfortable life, a loving family
The Chails live in their own house around 130 kilometers southwest of the capital London. The 57-year-old family man is a software engineer; he and his 51-year-old wife run their own company at home. A 19-year-old sister of Jaswant Singh Chail is said to live in the same house. The son grew according to the information provided by the «Daily Mail» in a comfortable and loving environment.
Scotland Yard ransacked the four bedroom family home after the incident. A neighbor told him “Sun”: «There was great excitement when the police came. That worried us a little, especially since it was Christmas Day. The police did not leave the house until late at night.» He doesn’t know much about the Chail family, only that they have always behaved discreetly and calmly.
Found 500 meters from the Queen’s private apartments
What led Jaswant Singh Chail to his disturbed appearance is a mystery to everyone: The Windsor intruder had previously sent a video to friends via Snapchat in which he showed himself masked and fiddled with a crossbow – the weapon he later used with his Arrested 500 meters from the Queen’s private quarters.
A voice distorted by a computer calls the figure in the Video their full name. “I’m sorry for what I did and what I’m going to do,” says 19-year-old Chail. “I’ll try to assassinate Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Family.” His motive: retaliation. He is taking revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated against because of their origins, and for the dead in the Amritsar massacre in 1919. At that time, British colonial troops had fire on demonstrators in the Indian city of Amritsar and Demonsters eopened and killed hundreds. He is an Indian Sikh, says the masked man in the clip.
Security measures worked
The incident is once again fueling the debate over the safety of the head of state and the royal family in the UK. However, the police made it clear from the start that the intruder had not entered a building. One could «do not turn the royal residences into prisons»said Dai Davies, former head of the Royal Guard at Scotland Yard «Daily Mail». The protection of the royal family is «like an onion, there are several levels».
Chail would have «had to overcome a host of other obstacles before he even got anywhere near any member of the royal family»says Davies. As disturbing as the incident was, the security precautions had worked. Chail was recorded by video surveillance and arrested at the first possible opportunity.
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