
Jihadi Mahdi Mohamud, a Dutch national from a Somali family, who had arrived in the UK aged nine, pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted murder when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court today.
During his terror attack at the city’s Victoria railway station last New Year’s Eve, Mohamud expressed his allegiance to Allah by screaming ‘Allahu Akbar!’ and ‘Long live the Caliphate!’ as he stabbed his victim, James Knox repeatedly in the back, shoulders and head before turning his devotional attentions towards Anna Charlton, slashing her across the face.
