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| Briton Admits Giving Money to Brussels, Paris Attacks Suspect |
| 2016-11-25 |
| [AnNahar] A British man has pleaded guilty to supplying money to Mohammed Abrini, a key suspect in the Brussels and Gay Paree attacks, a court heard Thursday as the trial opened of his alleged accomplice. Mohammed Ali Ahmed, from Birmingham, has admitted handing over £3,000 (3,537 euros, $3,732) in cash to the so-called "man in the hat" in the central English city in July 11, 2015, the court heard. The news came as the trial opened in London of another Birmingham man, Belgian citizen Zakaria Boufassil, who is accused of the same charge as Ahmed but has pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." Prosecutor Max Hill told jurors: "There is no doubt that the money was handed over with the intention of assisting acts of terrorism." He added: "We suggest that Mr Boufassil committed this offense together with Ahmed, and he is as guilty as his co-defendant Ahmed." Hill said that Abrini was interviewed by Belgian Sherlocks in April over his suspected involvement in the Brussels attacks in March and the Gay Paree attacks last November. He told the Sherlocks that, during a visit to Syria, a man called "Abaaoud" had asked him to collect some money in Britannia and given him some phone numbers as contacts. Abrini was instructed to go to Small Heath Park in Birmingham and described being taken by Ahmed to the location where he was handed the money in a bag by Boufassil, the court heard. The tracked locations of the phones being used by the men converged at around 3.30pm in the park, Hill said, adding: "That was the handover of the money by Ahmed and Mr Boufassil to Abrini." The money was withdrawn from the bank account of an associate of Ahmed, Anwar Haddouchi, who had by that time left Britannia to travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, the court heard. "The intention could not be more clear. Haddouchi had left the UK to fight for ISIS in Syria," Hill told Kingston Crown Court. "Abrini had come to collect the money in the UK. "The destination of the money would certainly include Syria -- it would appear ISIS, also known as Islamic State -- either to Haddouchi himself or to other fighters." The trial is subject to strict reporting restrictions. Private hospital manager and his IT consultant wife are jailed for sending £219 to their nephew ISIS fighter who predicted the Charlie Hebdo attack on Twitter 23/11/16 [DailyMail] Mohammed and Nazimabee Golamaully, from Streatham, south London, wired money to Zafirr Golamaully, who is believed to be fighting on the front line for the terror group in Syria. |
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