Moroccan national stands trial in UK after stabbing spree

A Moroccan asylum seeker was on trial at Teesside (northern England) Crown Court after it was suspected that he killed a pensioner in October last year, Sky News reported on April 11. 

45-year-old Ahmed Alid’s attacks were reportedly inspired by the Hamas rampage on October 7 and the court found that he set upon two individuals out of “revenge” for Israel killing children in Gaza. 

Teesside Crown Court was also told that Alid’s actions, which took place a week after October 7 in the northern port town of Hartlepool, were motivated by “the conflict in Gaza and to further his desire that Palestine would be free from the Zionists”. 

The Islamist extremist stabbed Terence Carney,70, in Hartlepool Town Centre at 5:30 am. The victim  managed to painfully limp a short distance before collapsing to his death in the street. 

Shortly after, Alid attempted to stab his housemate, 31-year-old Javed Nouri, to death whilst he was asleep. 

Mr Alid bellowed “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”) as he stabbed him multiple times in the chest, in anger at the fact that Nouri, also an asylum seeker who moved to the UK in summer 2023, had converted from Islam to Christianity and is now a regular churchgoer.  

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The police were called as two of his other housemates tried to restrain Alid. Upon entry to the accomodation, two police officers said that he had tried to assault them. 

Jonathan Sandiford KC (King’s Counsel), prosecuting, told the court that Mr Carney was “pushed or stabbed to the ground” before Alid continued stabbing him repeatedly. The pensioner was “effectively defenceless” and crying out “no, no, no.” 

Once arrested, the attacker claimed that he would have killed and/or wounded more people had he been “more armed”. 

Sandiford commented, “The defendant swore by Allah that, if he had had a machine gun, and more weapons, he would have killed more victims.” 

The jury is continuing to hear the prosecution’s opening statements and a verdict is expected to be reached within three weeks. 

Since October 7, Islamophobia and antisemitism in the UK has gone up by 335 and 589% respectively. 

Sky News/ The Evening Standard