Stabbing of Stephen Timms
Stephen Timms | |
| Date | 14 May 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | Beckton Globe Library, Beckton, East London, England |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
| Non-fatal injuries | Stephen Timms |
| Convicted | Roshonara Choudhry |
On 14 May 2010, Stephen Timms, the Labour MP for East Ham, was stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old British student and an Islamic extremist, in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry was the first Al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain.
Choudhry stated that she had been influenced by online sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Following her trial, such material was removed from YouTube.