A Moroccan asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a stranger after telling police he had killed because “Israel was killing children” in Gaza.
Ahmed Alid stabbed Terence Carney, 70, who was out for a morning walk, in the street in Hartlepool, County Durham, last October. Alid, 45, had prowled the streets looking for a victim after repeatedly stabbing his housemate, Javed Nouri, 32, Teesside crown court in Middlesbrough heard.
Nouri, who survived the attack, had converted from Islam to Christianity and Alid viewed him as an apostate, prosecutors said.
As Alid was apprehended by police following the stabbings, bodyworn footage showed him talking in Arabic. What he said was translated for the jury: "For the people of Gaza inshallah [god willing].
