An ISIS member has been found guilty of plotting to behead Theresa May in a suicide attack

News24xx.com -  Not only makes a series of bomb attack, but Islamic State (IS) terrorist has been found guilty of plotting to behead Prime Minister, Theresa May in a suicide attack at Downing Street. 

At that time, a man named Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, planned to bomb the gates of 10 Downing Street, kill guards and attack Theresa May with a knife or gun and tried to behead her.

Rahman, originally from Birmingham, thought he was being helped by an IS member, when in fact he was talking to undercover officers.

Following an Old Bailey trial on July 18 2018, Rahman, from Finchley, north London, was found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism in Britain. Midway through the trial, he also admitted to helping his friend name Mohammed Aqib Imran to join with IS in Libya.

Imran, 22 years old, from south-east Birmingham, was found guilty of having a terrorist handbook. But Imran denied all the charges against him.

Rahman was snared by a network of undercover counter-terrorism officers from the Metropolitan Police, the FBI and MI5. Before, Rahman came to the attention of police in August last year when he was arrested on suspicion of sending indecent images to underage girls, but never charged. 

An examination of his mobile phone raised concern he may be harbouring extremist views.

Rahman was encouraged by an uncle who travelled to Syria to fight, but he was killed in a drone strike last June 2017. After his uncle’s death, he became even more determined and turned to the internet for help in his attack plans. 

Rahman made contact with an FBI agent posing as an IS official online, who introduced him to an MI5 role-player. The defendant revealed his plans, saying: ‘I want to do a suicide bomb on Parliament. I want to attempt to kill Theresa May. He later described using a suicide belt, a drone, an IED and poison"

On November 18 2017, Rahman carried out reconnaissance around Whitehall. Two days later, he bought a rucksack from Argos before meeting an undercover officer in Brixton for it to be fitted with explosives. 

And in November 28 last year, the officer handed back Rahman’s rucksack and coat – now packed with dummy explosives – and replica pepper spray. 

Rahman told the officer he was “good to go” but was arrested as he walked away carrying the fake bomb in Kensington.

 

 

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