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| Man guilty of IS-inspired knife plan | Man guilty of IS-inspired knife plan |
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| A man has been convicted of preparing to carry out a knife attack in London, inspired by so-called Islamic State. | |
| Nadir Syed, 22, from Southall in west London, was arrested hours after buying a chef's knife in November 2014, days before Remembrance Sunday. | |
| Woolwich Crown Court heard how he had been inspired by IS leaders urging attacks on Western targets, including police and soldiers. | |
| The jury returned a majority verdict after more than 50 hours' deliberation. | |
| The court heard how Syed had expressed admiration for the killers of soldier Lee Rigby and how he shared violent footage of beheadings from Syria and Iraq on social media. | |
| Some of his conversations were made on encrypted applications, the jury was told. | |
| Syed had also tried to travel to Syria to fight with IS militants but had been stopped from leaving the country in January 2014, the court heard. | |
| The jury could not reach a verdict in the cases of Haseeb Hamayoon and Yousaf Syed, who were also on trial. They will be retried. |