Man convicted of planning ISIS-inspired attack in London
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LONDON - A British man arrested days before an annual national war commemoration has been convicted of planning an Islamic State group-inspired knife attack in London.
Nadir Syed was arrested on Nov. 6, 2014, three days before Remembrance Sunday, amid fears that extremists were planning an attack on police or soldiers at a war memorial event.
Prosecutors said 22-year-old Syed was obsessed with beheadings and the killing of British solider Lee Rigby, who was stabbed to death on a London street in 2013 by two British men inspired by al-Qaeda.
He tried to go to Syria in early 2014 but was prevented from leaving the country, and prosecutors said he was inspired by the words of an ISIS leader who urged attacks on Western targets.
