(UK) Isis supporter admits to Prince George school attack plot

Source: The Guardian

An Islamic State supporter who posted more than 300,000 propaganda messages online has admitted encouraging would-be lone wolf attackers to target Prince George at school.

Husnain Rashid, of Nelson, Lancashire, called for the four-year-old to be targeted shortly after the prince joined Thomas’s school in Battersea, south-west London, last year.

On 13 October, Rashid, 32, posted a photograph of the school superimposed with silhouettes of two masked jihadist fighters. He sent a follow-up message, which listed the full address, and said: “Even the royal family will not be left alone. School starts early.”
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He was charged with three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, one count of encouraging terrorism, two of dissemination of a terrorist publication and one of failing to comply with a notice under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. He initially denied all counts. The prosecution opened its case on 23 May, with proceedings expected to last six weeks. But on Thursday he changed his plea.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/31/isis-supporter-admits-to-prince-george-school-attack-plot-husnain-rashid

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Rashid pleaded guilty to four of the charges: the others were voided.

Pete Souza's photo of a shy George meeting the Obamas in 2016, at Kensington Palace.
Famously now, he was allowed to delay bedtime for a little while so he could meet them.