A 19-year old suspect was arrested on Christmas, a day after he climbed the Windsor Castle¡¯s fence, threatening to assassinate the Queen and avenging the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
The boy is suspected to be the same person who uploaded a shocking video on Snapchat on 25 December, where he threatened to assassinate the Queen.?
He scaled the fence of the Queen¡¯s Castle on Christmas day and was then arrested by the police inside the castle grounds.
Identified as Jaswant Singh Chail in the video obtained by The Sun, the man can be seen wearing a Star Wars-inspired outfit, with a hoodie and mask. He is also seen holding a black crossbow in the video.
He introduces himself in a distorted voice, "I am an Indian Sikh, a Sith. My name was Jaswant Singh Chail, my name is Darth Jones." In the background of the footage, a picture of the Star Wars character Darth Malgus was also spotted.?
In the video, he threatens to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of the Royal Family in revenge for the 1919 Amritsar massacre.?
He also added that while he is sorry for what he is about to attempt, the revenge is for people "who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race."
The Daily Mail has managed to speak to the youth¡¯s 57-year-old father, Jasbir Singh Chail, at the family¡¯s ?500,000 home on a private estate in North Baddesley, Southampton.
Chail senior, who is listed as the director of an IT company along with his 51-year-old wife, is described by the Mail as ¡°well spoken¡±.
He said: ¡°Something¡¯s gone horribly wrong with our son and we are trying to figure out what. We¡¯ve not had a chance to speak to him but are trying to get him the help he needs. From our perspective, we are going through a difficult time.¡±
There has long been a campaign to persuade the British government to offer a full apology for the Jallianwala massacre.
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