Stabbing of Stephen Timms
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On 14 May 2010, Stephen Timms, the Labour MP for East Ham, was suddenly stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old British student and an Islamic extremist, in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry was the first Al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain.[1]
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Date | 14 May 2010 (2010-05-14) |
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Time | (British Summer Time) |
Location | Beckton Globe Library, Beckton, East London, England |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
Non-fatal injuries | Stephen Timms |
Convicted | Roshonara Choudhry |
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Choudhry stated that she had been influenced by online sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[2] Following her trial, such material was removed from YouTube.[3]