Mocking terror attack victims was just ‘dark humour’

An Islamist accused of plotting the beheading of a poppy seller on Remembrance Day insists his social media posts mocking victims of terror attacks are just ‘dark humour’. Yousaf Syed, 20, is one of three extremists who planned an attack in the UK after ISIS issued a fatwa urging its followers to kill civilians, it is claimed. Along with his cousins Nadir Syed, 23, and Haseeb Hamayoon, 29, was allegedly preparing the terror attack when he was arrested less than…