:Brevity is important, but we're dealing with a fairly short section, anyways. Also, brevity should be a secondary consideration when dealing with something like this, which is totally unexplored in the rest of the article. 
 :There has been someone in an official position connecting the two events: the victim of the crime. Nor is this a stretch of the imagination. This attack didn't occur two weeks ago, but after the invasion. As long as the source is mentioned in the article, it's clear to the reader that this is an issue that's still developing, and that his hasn't been corroborated by police.