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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Woolwich Crown Court also heard the trio had photographs of police community support officers. |
| 'Poison him' | 'Poison him' |
| Prosecutor Max Hill QC said the fatwa, issued by Islamic State (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'." | '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 May 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. |
| 'Landlocked' | |
| Jurors heard Mr Hamayoon staked out and took photos of a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) patrolling a car park at a mosque in Hounslow, west London, and bought a Rambo First Blood II knife. | |
| They were also shown a close-up of another PCSO, allegedly taken by the men. | |
| Nadir Syed and Yousaf Syed, who are cousins, both tried to catch flights to Turkey early last year, the court heard. Prosecutors said they were planning on heading to Syria. | |
| Nadir was stopped from boarding because he was on bail for a public order offence, while Yousaf went no further than Turkey. | |
| But a third traveller, Luqman Warsame, made it to Syria where he fought for IS, also known as ISIS, and continued to communicate with the cousins back in Britain, the court heard. | |
| Mr Hill said while they were "effectively landlocked in this country", the Syeds plotted with Mr Hamayoon and talked about terror attacks in online chat rooms. | |
| "All three defendants were demonstrating their support for ISIS and acts of terrorism in general, and were interested in knives and killings by beheading," he said. | |
| "All three were ready, we say, for the important Islamic State fatwa exhorting and encouraging such murders." | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |