A Moroccan who wanted to “avenge” Palestinian children guilty of murder – Telquel.ma

LAccused Ahmed Alid was also found guilty of attempting to kill his roommate, whom he attacked with a knife a few moments earlier. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 17 at Teesside Crown Court in Middlesbrough.

According to prosecutor Jonathan Sandiford, in the early morning hours of October 15, the accused stabbed his roommate in the chest, and half an hour later he attacked the pensioner who was walking in the city center.

He thought he had killed them and told the police “that he wanted to kill them both because of the conflict in Gaza“, adding “that Palestine should be freed from the Zionists“, the term he used for Israel, the prosecutor said.

“The defendant said he would have killed more people if he couldSandiford added. “They killed the children and I killed the old man“, the accused stated, explaining that he is ready for martyrdom.

However, he pleaded not guilty. He initially thought his roommate was Muslim before learning he had converted to Christianity, which angered him.

According to his roommates, asylum seekers like himself, the defendant had an extreme view of Islam, closely followed media coverage of the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, and began carrying a knife.

Attacks carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement killed 1,170, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Israeli retaliation has led to more than 34,305 deaths, according to Hamas’ health ministry.