IS-inspired fanatic guilty of copycat murder bid

An IS-inspired fanatic is facing years in jail for trying to copy the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby by beheading a random stranger at a Tube station.

Somali-born Muslim Muhiddin Mire, 30, attacked 56-year-old musician Lyle Zimmerman with a rusty knife and threatened four other travellers as he ran amok through the ticket hall at Leytonstone Underground station in east London.

The whole incident was caught on shocking CCTV and mobile phone footage taken by a passer-by who bravely carried on filming even as Mire lunged at him with the blade.