Knifeman at Tesco: Afghan asylum seeker ‘wanted to kill English people’

An Afghan asylum seeker who attacked random members of the public with a knife was ‘fuelled’ by a desire to kill English people, a court heard. Samiulahaq Akbari, 32, could be seen on CCTV footage walking into the Tesco Extra in Thornton Heath, south London, behind complete stranger Nicholas Speight on January 8. After tapping him on the shoulder, Akbari asked for Mr Speight’s nationality before taking a powerful swing at him with a 10-inch kitchen knife when he said…