Film of suicide bombing was ‘pleasant poetry’ says accused extremist

A plumber accused of sharing a video of an Islamic State suicide bombing on his Instagram story said he thought the clip was just ‘pleasant poetry’, a court heard. Shafi Saleem, 34, allegedly had an ‘entrenched interest’ in extremist Islamist material. Saleem was investigated after he posted a 15 second clip from a three-minute video, taken from another Instagram account on 7 July 2022, the Old Bailey heard. The film included a ‘disclaimer’ claiming it was for ‘research purposes’ and…