Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Dr Hook Cops a Flogging lets hope it's the first of many


Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri
Cleric attacked in prison
From correspondents in LondonMarch 08, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
News.com.au

RADICAL Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, charged with 16 offences including incitement to murder Jews, has been attacked by a fellow detainee in the high-security Belmarsh prison, The Sun daily reported.
The paper quoted Abu Mussa, a spokesman for the former head of London's Finsbury Park mosque.
"It was a violent physical incident involving another inmate but I do not know whether a weapon was used," Mussa said. "There is no information on whether he received treatment.
"There are some tasty characters in there. They don't care about getting caught and one of them wanted to show Hamza exactly what they think of him."
Belmarsh prison in London holds some of Britain's most dangerous prisoners.
Mussa said the former imam had previously received threats from other prisoners.
Hamza, 47, a distinctive figure with one eye and a hooked hand, was charged in October with 10 counts of soliciting murder. The little-used charge relates to inciting others to murder unspecified people and carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. His trial will begin in July.
In Hamza's case it is connected to alleged incitement by the cleric at public gatherings to kill non-Muslims, specifically Jews, according to four of the charges.
He was also charged with four counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour with intent to stir up racial hatred; one count of possessing threatening, abusive or insulting sound recordings; and one count of possessing a terrorist document.
Hamza is sought for extradition by the United States on separate charges, with this process suspended until the British court case is completed.
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