Just a week after Hamas’ deadly raid into Israel on 7 October, the conflict in the Middle East inspired a terror attack in a northern English town. Ahmed Alid, today sentenced to 45 years in prison for the attack, directly invoked Gaza as he stabbed two people. He maimed Javed Nouri, a fellow asylum seeker with whom he shared Home Office-approved accommodation in Hartlepool before killing 70-year-old Terence Carney when he found him in the street. It was a brutal rampage by a man ‘hell-bent’ on violence. The judge described the murder as ‘a terrorist act’.
Alid burst into his housemate’s room, stabbing as he slept, yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he did so
The details of his rampage are horrifying. Alid first burst into his housemate’s room, stabbing him repeatedly as he slept. He yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he did so. He then left the shared house, prowling the streets for more victims.
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