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Man who drove van into Muslims in London convicted of murder
By JILL LAWLESS In this file photo dated Monday, June 19, 2017, forensic officers move the van which struck sexually exploiting women
Associated Press and girls in England, as well
LONDON (AP) — A man pedestrians near a Mosque at Finsbury Park in north London. as the deadly Manchester
who steeped himself in Arena and London Bridge
far-right, anti-Muslim ideas Associated Press attacks carried out by Is-
before driving a van into a lamic radicals just weeks
crowd of worshippers near lims,” prosecutor Jonathan dence were produced to Osborne’s partner, Sarah earlier.
a north London mosque Commander Dean Hay-
was convicted Thursday Rees told the jury during the indicate a second person Andrews, told prosecutors don, a senior counterter-
of murder and attempted rorism officer with London’s
murder. 10-day trial. in the van. he had become “brain- Metropolitan Police, said
A jury at London’s Wool- the case showed how “in-
wich Crown Court deliber- Another witness reported Prosecutors said Osborne washed” and was a “tick- dividuals can become rad-
ated for just an hour before icalized really, really quick-
finding 48-year-old Darren Osborne saying, “I’ve done was radicalized over just a ing time bomb.” ly” online.
Osborne guilty of the June “To be honest, some indi-
2017 attack in the city’s my job, you can kill me few weeks, in part through Prosecutors said they clas- viduals could look at mate-
Finsbury Park neighbor- rial today and decide to go
hood. now.” online far-right propagan- sified the crime as terrorism and do an attack later on
A 51-year-old man, this evening,” Haydon said.
Makram Ali, was killed and Osborne, of Cardiff, Wales, da. Searches for prominent because Osborne acted Although he denied the
15 people were injured murder charges, Osborne
when a rented van plowed had pleaded not guilty. extreme-right figures — in- to advance a political pur- did not hide his aim to kill.
into worshippers gathering Giving evidence, he said
after evening prayers dur- He claimed a man named cluding English Defense pose. he drove to London hoping
ing Ramadan. to attack a pro-Palestinian
Prosecutors said Osborne Dave was driving the van League founder Tommy A note found in the van march where his intended
was motivated by extreme victims would have includ-
Islamophobia and saw when it struck the crowd. Robinson and Britain First and Osborne’s comments ed Jeremy Corbyn, the left-
Muslims as extremists or wing leader of Britain’s op-
rapists in pedophile gangs. Prosecutors argued that leader Paul Golding — to police mentioned a case position Labour Party.
Several men who witnessed When he could not reach
the attack pinned Osborne Dave did not exist, and were found on his com- in which a group of Muslim the march because roads
to the ground until police were closed, Osborne
arrived. He was heard to no witnesses or video evi- puter. men were convicted of went looking for a mosque
say “I want to kill more Mus- instead.q
Statue of U.S. lawmaker Tom
Lantos unveiled in Hungary
By PABLO GORONDI and human rights around his widow Annette, speak- Standing next to the statue of late US Congressman of Hungarian
Associated Press the world. A California ing at the unveiling cere- origin Tom Lantos his two daughters, Annette Lantos Tillemann-
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) Democrat in office from mony on what would have Dick, left, and Katrina Lantos Swett, fourth right, his widow, Anette
— A statue of Hungarian- 1981 until his death in 2008, been Lantos’ 90th birthday. Lantos, seated, Mayor of the 13th district of Budapest Jozsef
born U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, he frequently visited his na- The top U.S. diplomat in Toth, right, grandson of Lantos Tomicah Tillemann, second left,
the only Holocaust survivor tive country, often warning Hungary remembered Lan- and husband of Katrina, Richard Swett, second right, applaud
ever to serve in the U.S. against anti-Semitism while tos as “Hungarian by birth as one of Lantos’ great-grandsons, third left.
Congress, was unveiled also supporting Hungarian and a dedicated American
Thursday in his childhood minorities in neighboring by choice,” who worked Associated Press
district in Budapest. European countries. to build consensus and
Lantos was known for his “During his whole life, his strengthen relations be-
advocacy for democracy heart was in Hungary,” said tween the two countries.q
