Drill rapper, 27, guilty of plotting terror rampage during first UK lockdown
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Updated: 12 Mar 2021, 17:07
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A RAPPING jihadi from a family of extremists, was today convicted of plotting a terror attack with an 18-inch gladiator-style sword and combat vest.
Wannabe drill star Sahayb Abu, 27, used his £100 Covid dole bonus to stock up on weapons for an atrocity.
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His brother Muhamed, was cleared of failing to disclose information about a plotCredit: PA:Press Association
The rapper, who styled himself ‘The Masked Meance,’ was convicted at the Old Bailey of plotting a terrorist act.
No specific target was mentioned in court but security chiefs suspect Sahayb could have been planning to kill a cop outside a London embassy.
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A former prisoner has been convicted of planning an Islamic State-inspired sword attack.
Sahayb Abu, 27, was found guilty by a jury of preparing an act of terrorism and will be sentenced on 9 April.
Muhamed Abu, his 32-year-old brother, was acquitted of failing to warn police about the plan.
Sahayb s preparations included buying a sword, a knife, balaclavas, fingerless gloves, and a combat vest, and paying extra to have the sword sharpened.
When placing the orders, he asked if the vest could stop bullets.
The defendant, from Dagenham in east London, also met an undercover police officer hoping he could provide access to firearms, the Old Bailey heard.
Jihadist rapper found guilty of plotting lockdown terror attack
Sahayb Abu, 27, is the fifth member of an extended family linked to extremism, and planned to go on a knife rampage after leaving prison
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Sahayb Abu bought a sword, a knife and combat clothing and used a rap song to boast about wanting to behead British soldiers
Credit: PA
An aspiring rapper who is the fifth member of his family to be linked to extremism has been found guilty of plotting a lockdown terror attack.
Sahayb Abu, 27, who was born in Somalia, bought a sword, a knife and combat clothing and used a rap song to boast about wanting to behead British soldiers.
Man found guilty of plotting terror attack with 18in knife as brother shouts he s a clown in court
Sahayb Abu planned to run amok with an 18in blade during the coronavirus lockdown
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