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An asylum seeker from Morocco who went connected a vicious rampage pursuing nan Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught that triggered nan Israel-Hamas warfare was convicted Thursday of murder for stabbing a 70-year-old man successful nan streets of an English seaside town.
Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney six times connected Oct. 15 successful nan halfway of Hartlepool minutes aft he hacked astatine a sleeping housemate while shouting "Allahu Akbar," aliases "God is great" successful Arabic.
The onslaught came 8 days aft Hamas militants stormed into Israel connected Oct. 7 and Alid told constabulary he had done it "for nan group of Gaza." He swore he would person killed much if he had a instrumentality weapon and different weapons, charismatic Jonathan Sandiford said successful Teesside Crown Court.
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Alid was besides convicted of attempted execution for nan onslaught connected Javed Nouri, who shared nan location successful northeast England pinch him and different asylum seekers. Alid was upset Nouri had converted to Christianity.
Housemates told constabulary that Alid began carrying a weapon aft watching TV sum of nan Hamas attacks and Israel's consequent bombing of Gaza.
Alid laughed erstwhile he saw footage of killings by Hamas, alarming his housemate, Nouri told police.
The Union Jack is photographed against a partly-cloudy sky. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
"Every clip they would termination somebody, he would praise God," Nouri said. "I was very upset from that nighttime and I person seen thing unspeakable and frightening successful his eyes."
Nouri had complained to lodging officials, nan Home Office and constabulary and Alid was warned he could suffer his housing.
Alid told constabulary he justified sidesplitting an guiltless man because Britain helped create nan "Zionist entity" of Israel and Israel had "killed guiltless children."
"They killed children and I killed an aged man," he said.
During his question and reply pinch 2 women detectives, Alid became agitated and attacked them. A panic fastener successful nan question and reply room, however, didn't activity decently and different officers only intervened aft Alid's defense lawyer phoned an emergency number for help.
He was convicted of further counts for assaulting nan officers.
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Alid had denied nan charges against him. Although he acknowledged nan stabbings, he said he had nary intent to termination aliases origin superior harm.
Sentencing is scheduled May 17.
