Mohammed Alfatih rearrested over alleged plot to target Israelis in Europe while detained for attack on bailiff
A former Hamas bodyguard convicted of knife crime in the UK is wanted in Germany for allegedly plotting to murder Jewish people.
Details of the plot can now be reported after Mohammed Alfatih, also known as Mohammed Naim, was found guilty on Friday of a knife attack on a bailiff outside his home in Birmingham.
The 40-year-old was found guilty by a majority verdict of unlawful wounding, possession of two knives and criminal damage. He was cleared of the more serious charge of wounding with intent.
He was under surveillance by a counter-terrorism unit when he attacked the bailiff last year.
Alfatih, the son of a senior Hamas official, could not be named during his trial because of reporting restrictions.
He had been photographed working for a former leader of Hamas before being granted asylum in the UK in 2015 and British citizenship in 2020.
While detained for the attack on the bailiff in Birmingham, he was rearrested after authorities in Germany said he had been part of an alleged plot to attack Israeli targets in central Europe.
Alfatih, who was born in Germany, is expected to be extradited to the country after he has served his sentence in the UK, with his…
