And why did they feel they had to do that?
So if they'd come out and said he was 29, brown, Muslim, and was originally of Syrian parentage but it wasn't terrorism related, would everyone have gone "Great, the police have come out with the required information straight away, let's be sure not to target Muslims or immigrants now".
Farage would have said "Great job police for releasing the information, everyone go home, have a cup of tea and watch telly"?
We all know the answer.