Mohammed Alfatih

On 14 October 2025 in Birmingham, during a visit over unpaid parking fines, Alfatih threatened an enforcement officer with two knives and injured him in the head, according to evidence presented at trial. On 13 November 2026 a Birmingham Crown Court jury found him guilty of unlawful wounding, two counts of knife possession and criminal damage, but acquitted him of the more serious charge of wounding with intent. Sentencing is set for 11 January 2027.

State of the evidence

The jury considered video footage and returned convictions, with an acquittal on the more serious count.

Legal status — source text

Found guilty on 13 November 2026; sentencing due in January 2027; no appeal known.

Attribution

Wounding an officer, carrying knives and causing criminal damage.

German federal prosecutors announced the arrest in London on 3 November 2025 of a British national identified as “Mohammed A.”, wanted under a warrant dated 16 October: he is suspected of moving weapons from Berlin to Vienna to prepare attacks on Jewish or Israeli targets. After the Birmingham verdict, the British press identified this suspect as Mohammed Alfatih; Germany is seeking his extradition in proceedings separate from the Birmingham case.

State of the evidence

German prosecutors documented the warrant; the identity link comes from British reporting.

Legal status — source text

German arrest warrant and extradition proceedings ongoing in the United Kingdom; no ruling on the merits.

Attribution

Suspected involvement in an extremist cell and weapons transfer.