‘Kill the Queen’ terrorist wanted to elope to Syria

TOTTENHAM

A Somali-born terror suspect who discussed killing the Queen and David Cameron wanted to elope with his jihadi fiancée to Syria to fight with IS, a court heard. Aweys Shikhey, a 32-year-old delivery driver, was detained by counter-terror officers at Stanstead Airport on 23 May last year as he was due to board a flight to Istanbul. Prosecutors allege that Shikhey, who already has two wives – one in Holland and one in Kenya – was planning to travel from…

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