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Uber driver 'attacked police with Samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace out of hatred for the Queen'

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury appears at the Old Bailey in London (SWNS)
Mohiussunnath Chowdhury appears at the Old Bailey in London (SWNS)

An Uber driver attacked police officers outside Buckingham Palace with a samurai sword out of hatred of the Queen, a court has heard.

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 27, shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ as police arrested him outside the central London landmark.

After his arrest, a chilling suicide note addressed to his sister was discovered in Chowdury’s home, the Old Bailey heard.

He wrote: ‘Tell everyone that I love them and that they should struggle against the enemies of Allah with their lives and their property.

‘The Queen and her soldiers will all be in the hellfire they go to war with Muslims around the world and kill them without any mercy.

‘They are the enemies that Allah tells us to fight.’

Chowdhury has pleaded not guilty to preparing acts of terrorism on August 25 last year, instead claiming carried out the attack as he wanted to get killed.

Earlier in the day of the incident, the alleged terrorist accidentally drove to a pub called the Windsor Castle instead of one of the Queen’s residences after making an error with his sat-nav.

Prosecutor Timothy Cray shows Old Bailey jury the samurai sword allegedly recovered from defendant Mohiussunnath Chowdhury near Buckingham Palace. (SWNS)
Prosecutor Timothy Cray shows Old Bailey jury the samurai sword allegedly recovered from defendant Mohiussunnath Chowdhury near Buckingham Palace. (SWNS)

Prosecutor Tim Cray told the court that Chowdhury swerved his car through traffic cones outside the palace as a marked police van drove towards him.

Officers got out of their vehicle, assuming Chowdhury was drunk or on drugs.

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‘In fact, as the events in the next few minutes and the detailed investigation later were to prove, we say, this defendant had something far more serious in mind.’ Mr Cray said.

‘It was down to the quick reactions of the police the defendant was stopped.

‘As officers got out of the car, they heard the defendant say words to the effect ‘It’s all a bit f***** up’.

‘They then saw him reach for something that turned out to be a sword.

‘There was a short, desperate struggle with the officers trying to get the sword off the defendant while he is punching at them and they are punching at him.’

PC Ian Midgley and Detective Sergeant Gavin Hutt suffered cuts as they disarmed the man, jurors were told.

Half an hour before he sent the suicide note to his sister, Chowdhury bought a knife sharpener at Sainsbury’s to hone the blade.

Mr Cray produced the 3ft (1m) long sword and held it up in court to show jurors.