Reports have emerged that Ali Harbi Ali, the terror suspect accused of stabbing to death Conservative party Member of Parliament Sir David Amess had plotted to kill a politician for two years because he voted for airstrikes in Syria, a court heard today, reports Dailymail

Harbi who is 25, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today charged with the murder of the veteran Southend West MP after queuing with constituents at his surgery last Friday and it was revealed that  Ali had plotted to kill an MP two years ago, initially focusing on two politicians other than Sir David.  

During the hearing, it was discovered that he had carried out reconnaissance at one of their homes, the surgery of another, and the Houses of Parliament, detectives discovered after investigating his Oyster Card travel within London and CCTV footage. 

Ali decided not to attack his victim in the Houses of Parliament because it was ‘not practical’ due high level of security. However, the MP’s constituency surgery had no security and an attack was possible.

Prosecutors told the court that Ali was affiliated with Islamic State and targeted Sir David over the MP’s voting record in support of airstrikes on Syria and had prepared for terrorist acts from May 1, 2019, to September 28 this year.

Senior district judge Paul Goldspring who presided over the hearing remanded Ali in custody ahead of a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey tomorrow.   

Sir David, a veteran of the Tory party suffered multiple stab wounds and the 69-year-old father of five was stabbed 17 times in a frenzied attack.   

Nick Price, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter-Terrorism Division, said: “he CPS has authorised charges against Ali Harbi Ali for the murder of MP Sir David Amess. We will submit to the court that this murder has a terrorist connection, namely that it had both religious and ideological motivations. He has also been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts. This follows a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,”.   

Matt Jukes, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, said: “I want to send my deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sir David Amess, who died so tragically last Friday. Sir David’s dedication to his family, his constituents and his community, and his positive impact on the lives of so many has shone through.  Today’s charge is a significant milestone in the case, but the work from my colleagues in the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command will continue apace,”.

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Ali Harbi Ali, the Somali terror suspect accused of stabbing to death senior Conservative party Member of Parliament Sir David Amess to death has been pictured for the first time.

Sir David Amess was a veteran Conservative party and was brutally stabbed to death when he was meeting constituents at Southend West on Friday afternoon. 

Police and intelligence officials are saying that the murder of the Tory politician was singled out for attack by a suspected Islamist extremist. he may not have been had a specific motive for the targeting of Sir David his alleged killer had plotted to kill any national politician.

According to a report published in The Telegraph, a government insider told the paper, ‘He was unlucky. He was not targeted because of his political party. David Amess was not specifically targeted.’

However, former friends of Ali, a British national of Somali heritage claim he was radicalised after watching YouTube videos of convicted hate preacher Anjem Choudary who has recently completed his prison sentence and probation and now is free to preach his violent and intolerant form of Islam in the UK.

Anjem Choudary is one of the most influential and dangerous radicalisers in the UK and his followers included Michael Adebolajo, who murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby in South London.

But what is disturbing is that the 25-year-old had been referred to Prevent, the Government’s counter-terrorism programme, several years ago – but that his behaviour was not considered to be extreme enough to alert MI5. 

Now British security services have warned Ministers that Britain could face a wave of terrorist attacks carried out by ‘bedroom radicals’ – so-called ‘lone wolf’ terrorists who turned to extremism after spending months at home during the Covid lockdown. 

‘Counter-terror police and MI5 have been concerned for some time that once we emerged out of lockdown there would be more people out on the streets and more targets for the terrorists,’ one security source told The Telegraph.

But many in the UK believe that a time has come to stop people like Anjem Choudary from spewing hate. One of Ali’s friends had said, “He watched a lot of extreme videos including those posted by Choudary and his followers. Everyone used to say to him, But he’s a hate cleric and hates the West’ but he didn’t care. He became a huge fan. He admired Anjem, said he was right and his cause was right. It disgusted me. We were all very, very worried. He became totally radicalised through the internet and now he’s a suspect in something as evil as this. It’s horrendous.”

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