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EXTREMIST FOUND GUILTY 22 February 2018/ 7 Adar 5778

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SOMALIAN FOUND GUILTY OF PLOTTING TO KILL JEWS, THE QUEEN AND SPURS FANS BY ADAM MOSES

A Somalian man who plotted to kill members of the Stamford Hill Jewish community has this week been found guilty of preparing for acts of terrorism at the Old Bailey. Aweys Shikhey was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on March 15th. The Dutch national had also discussed on WhatsApp about attacking the Queen and Spurs fans as they left Tottenham’s Hotspur’s White Hart Lane stadium. Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “To his friends and colleagues Shikhey was, on the face of it, leading a normal life here in London. But unbeknown to them and to his wife and family in Holland, he was a supporter of ISIS and had spent more than a year planning how he could leave the

UK and travel to join them in Syria. “Thanks to the information we received from the Kenyan authorities and the good work here by my detectives thereafter, we have been able to thwart his attempts and stop him from joining ISIS and committing terrorist acts over there.” Jurors were told that the 38-yearold delivery driver, who lived in north London, was stopped and arrested by Counter Terrorism officers as he prepared to board a flight to Turkey on route to Syria to fight for Islamic State last May. Officers launched an investigation 12 months ago after a tip off from Kenyan authorities. Through encrypted messages with a fellow Somalian from Kenya, it became clear that a UK-based man wanted to travel to Syria to join ISIS then allegedly carry out a number of firearms attacks. Officers became aware Shikhey

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