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IS fatwa 'inspired beheading plot by UK trio' | IS fatwa 'inspired beheading plot by UK trio' |
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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, and the plotting increased around the time of last year's Remembrance Sunday. | |
The jurors watched a video allegedly showing the Syeds, who are cousins, standing in a street and stamping on a poppy. | |
'Poison him' | 'Poison him' |
Prosecutor Max Hill QC said the fatwa, issued by Islamic State (IS) spokesman Abu Muhammad Al Adnani in September 2014, 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. | 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. |
Mr Hill said that "again and again" the men showed a level of interest in the brutal murder of Fusilier Rigby. | |
'Landlocked' | '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. | 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. | They were also shown a close-up of another PCSO, allegedly taken by the men. |
The Syeds 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 were extreme and unnaturally interested in murders and beheadings," he said. "They were interested in killing by the use of knives." | |
'Knives in her kitchen' | |
The prosecution alleged there was increased activity between the plotters in the run up to last year's Remembrance Sunday. | |
Mr Hill said that by November "the defendants' attentions were firmly on sourcing knives of sufficient quality to source an attack". | |
"This is all going on in the first week of November," he told the jurors. | |
"We invite you to conclude that the timing of this increased activity, coming days before Remembrance Sunday on 9 November 2014, and Remembrance Day on 11 November 2014, was no coincidence." | |
Mr Hamayoon told police in a prepared statement that he was a trained chef "and had experience of cooking utensils and knives to a professional standard". | |
Nadir Syed claimed he went to a shop to buy knives for his mother because "she was complaining about the state of knives in her kitchen". | |
Yousaf Syed claimed he had moved into a new home with his wife and wanted to buy a new knife sharpener. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |