A Moroccan asylum seeker has been convicted for the murder of pensioner Terence Carney who he stabbed six times in “revenge” for the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Ahmed Alid stabbed the 70-year-old to death in Hartlepool town centre early on October 15 – eight days after Hamas attacked Israel.
Alid was also found guilty of the attempted murder of his housemate Javed Nouri who he attacked in his bed minutes before attacking Carney.
At around 5am, the 45-year-old broken into the bedroom of Nouri, a Christian convert and former body builder, and knifed him while he slept.
Alid shouted “Allahu Akbar” – “God is great” – during the attack at the Home Office-approved asylum seekers’ accommodation.
In a holding cell at Middlesbrough police station, Alid launched into a speech in Arabic saying that “Allah willing, Gaza would return to be an Arab country” and how he would have continued his “raid” if his hands had not been injured.
Following the murder, Alid told police he launched his attacks because “Israel had killed innocent children”.
Jonathan Sandiford KC, prosecuting, told the court: “In other words, he said he had committed the attempted murder of Javed Nouri and the murder of Mr Carney in revenge for what he believed to be the killing of children by Israel.”
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