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Three on trial over alleged terror plot using knives | Three on trial over alleged terror plot using knives |
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Three men accused of plotting to carry out a beheading in the UK were inspired by a fatwa issued by so-called Islamic State, a court has heard. | |
Nadir Ali Syed, 22, from Hounslow, west London, Yousaf Shah Syed, 20, from High Wycombe and Haseeb Hamayoon, 28, from Hayes, west London, deny the charges. | |
The prosecution alleges they were inspired by a fatwa - or decree - to kill Westerners. | |
This was the "catalyst for violence" for the plotters, jurors were told. | |
Woolwich Crown Court also heard the trio had photographs of police community support officers. | |
'Poison him' | |
Prosecutor Max Hill QC said the fatwa, issued by IS spokesman Abu Muhammad Al Adnani, called on Muslims to arm themselves and attack "disbelieving" Westerners. | |
He said: "It urged followers to rise up against westerners and 'rig the roads with explosives for them. Attack their bases. Raid their homes. Cut off their heads'. | He said: "It urged followers to rise up against westerners and 'rig the roads with explosives for them. Attack their bases. Raid their homes. Cut off their heads'. |
"It went on: 'If you are not able to find an IED (improvised explosive device) or a bullet then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman or any of their allies. | "It went on: 'If you are not able to find an IED (improvised explosive device) or a bullet then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman or any of their allies. |
'Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him from a high place, or choke him or poison him'." | |
The three men were arrested during police raids in November last year. | The three men were arrested during police raids in November last year. |
Jurors heard the three men had been inspired by Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo, who ran-over and hacked to death Fusilier Lee Rigby near Woolwich barracks in South London in 2013. | Jurors heard the three men had been inspired by Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo, who ran-over and hacked to death Fusilier Lee Rigby near Woolwich barracks in South London in 2013. |
They had even kept photos of the killers on their phones, the court was told. | They had even kept photos of the killers on their phones, the court was told. |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |