LONDON — An asylum seeker from Morocco who went on a vicious rampage following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered theAhmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney six times on Oct. 15 in the center of Hartlepool minutes after he hacked at a sleeping housemate while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great” in Arabic.and Alid told police he had done it “for the people of Gaza.
Alid was also convicted of attempted murder for the attack on Javed Nouri, who shared the house in northeast England with him and other asylum seekers. Alid was upset Nouri had converted to Christianity. Housemates told police that Alid began carrying a knife after watching TV coverage of the Hamas attacks and Israel’s subsequent bombing of Gaza.EU military officer says a frigate has destroyed a drone launched from Yemen’s Houthi-held areas“Every time they would kill somebody, he would praise God,” Nouri said. “I was very upset from that night and I have seen something terrible and frightening in his eyes.
Nouri had complained to housing officials, the Home Office and police and Alid was warned he could lose his housing. Alid told police he justified killing an innocent man because Britain helped create the “Zionist entity” of Israel and Israel had “killed innocent children.”During his interview with two women detectives, Alid became agitated and attacked them. A panic button in the interview room, however, didn’t work properly and other officers only intervened after Alid’s defense lawyer phoned an emergency number for help.Alid had denied the charges against him.