Teen guilty of plotting to kill soldier

A teenager is facing years behind bars after being found guilty of hatching a plot to behead a British soldier inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

Teen guilty of plotting to kill soldier

Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was arrested in east London in August last year carrying a 12in (30cm) knife and a hammer in a rucksack, having earlier researched the location of army cadet bases in the south east of the capital.

His Old Bailey trial heard he “reverted” to Islam last year and was arrested after he showed his ex-girlfriend weapons, described Fusilier Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo as a “legend”, and told her he would “kill soldiers”.

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