Former Hamas bodyguard guilty of UK knife attack

Suspected Former Hamas member bodyguard guilty of UK knife attack

Suspected Former Hamas member bodyguard guilty of UK Birmingham knife attack

Phil Mackie, Daniel Sandford, Rushdi Abu Alouf, Josh Sandiford

A suspected former Hamas member, bodyguard, wanted in Germany over an alleged plot to …

Mohammed Alfatih, also known as Mohammed Naim, is reported to have acted as a bodyguard to had been photographed working for a former leader of Hamas before being granted …

Alfatih was under surveillance by a counter-terrorism unit when the incident involving he attacked the bailiff happened in Birmingham last year.

He The son of a senior Hamas official, he could not be been named during his trial due to reporting restrictions.

… the bailiff across the street to scare him away, away after his wife was asked to settle her debts.

However, jurors were not told of Alfatih's alleged links to proscribed terrorist group Hamas, as described in a German extradition request, Hamas or his reported work as a bodyguard to the its now-deceased former leader of Hamas, leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

… served his sentence in the UK, with his alleged connection to Hamas stated in the German extradition request.

During his evidence, he Alfatih did not mention the group, Hamas, but told the court he had been tortured …

When Alfatih went by the name of Naim, he enrolled in a VIP protection course and was selected to accompany Haniyeh on trips to Egypt and other countries between 2006 and 2008. However, he was later removed from the role due to his behaviour.

The second son of former Hamas health minister Bassem Naim, he later spent time in Malaysia, Qatar and Turkey before arriving in Britain.

Following his conviction, a government source said it was "staggering" that he was granted asylum and later given citizenship.

Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court deliberated for more than six hours over three …