{"id":895948,"date":"2026-04-15T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895948\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:23:21","slug":"small-boat-migrant-abdullah-albadri-tried-to-attack-london-israeli-embassy-as-revenge-for-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895948\/","title":{"rendered":"Small boat migrant Abdullah Albadri \u2018tried to attack London Israeli embassy as revenge for Gaza\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A small boat migrant<\/a>, armed with two knives, tried to break into the Israeli embassy in London to \u201cexact revenge\u201d for the killing of children in Gaza<\/a>, a trial has heard.<\/p>\n

Abdullah Albadri, 34, who was born in Kuwait, is accused of planning a terror attack in Palace Green, Kensington, on 28 April 2025, the Old Bailey was told on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Catherine Pattison, prosecuting, said Albadri, who had a red-and-white scarf wrapped around his head and face, jumped onto an 8ft fence and tried to enter the embassy grounds.<\/p>\n

Ms Pattison said Albadri was \u201calmost successful in his attempt to scale the fence\u201d. Had it not been for the armed diplomatic protection officers there to reach up and grab him, he would have been, she said.<\/p>\n

He later told police \u201cthat he wanted to send a message, to stop the killing of children, to stop the war\u201d, which prosecutors said was a reference to the Israel-Palestine conflict<\/a>, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Jurors were told that police officers seized several pieces of paper, including one which \u201cread as a martyrdom note\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe aftermath of an Israeli strike in Gaza City (Reuters)<\/p>\n

In a prepared statement to police, Albadri denied that he was preparing to commit an act of terrorism. He said that the knives were intended for \u201cpersonal use\u201d as he was homeless.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecution say that Mr Albadri\u2019s intention was to use or threaten serious violence against the Israeli government, to exact revenge for its alleged murder of children,\u201d Ms Pattison said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe existence and contents of his suspected martyrdom note, along with his possession of two knives, and material downloaded from his mobile phone, demonstrate his intention to use violence against people inside the Israeli embassy and sacrifice his own life in the process \u2013 to die, in his words, \u2018for the glory of God\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThus, say the prosecution, this was an act of terrorism intended by him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis intended threat or use of serious violence was designed to influence the Israeli government, for the purpose of advancing a religious, political or ideological cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court heard that Albadri first entered the UK in August 2021, arriving at Dover in a small boat from France.<\/p>\n

He applied for permission to stay in the country, but did not attend an interview with the Home Office.<\/p>\n

The defendant then left the country, but returned on a small boat from France in April 2025.<\/p>\n

Albadri denies preparation of terrorist acts and possession of two bladed articles. The trial continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,252693,16,15,771],"class_list":{"0":"post-895948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-top-picture","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116409415158229284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}