ব্রিটবাংলা ডেস্ক : উত্তর লন্ডনের ফিন্সবারী পার্ক মসজিদে ভেন হামলাকারী শ্বেতাঙ্গ সন্ত্রাসী ড্যারন অসবোর্নকে হত্যা এবং হত্যার উদ্দেশ্যে হামলার অভিযোগে দোষি সাব্যস্ত করেছে আদালত। গত বছরের ১৩ জুন মধ্যরাতে তারাবি নামাজের পর মসজিদের মুসল্লিদেও উপর হামলা চালিয়েছিল ৪৮ বছর বয়সী ড্যারন। এই সন্ত্রাসী হামলায় ৫১ বছর বয়সী বাঙালী মুসল্লি মাকরাম আলী নিহত হন। আহত হয়েছিলেন আরো বেশ কয়েকজন মুসল্লি। প্রায় ৯দিন শুনানি শেষে বৃহস্পতিবার তাকে দোষি সাব্যস্ত করে আদালত। শুক্রবার একই আদালতে তার সাজার মেয়াদ ঘোষণা করবেন জাজ। নিচের ভিডিও লিঙ্কে ক্লিক করে বিস্তারিত জেনে নিন:
Darren Osborne guilty of Finsbury Park mosque murder
A man who drove a van into a crowd of Muslims near a London mosque has been found guilty of murder.
Darren Osborne, 48, ploughed into people in Finsbury Park in June last year, killing Makram Ali, 51, and injuring nine others.
Osborne, from Cardiff, was also found guilty of attempted murder and is due to be sentenced on Friday.
Prosecutors said they were “clear throughout that this was a terrorist attack”.
The jury took an hour to return the verdict at Woolwich Crown Court after a nine day trial.
Sue Hemming, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Darren Osborne planned and carried out this attack because of his hatred of Muslims. He must now face the consequences of his actions.”
Cdr Dean Haydon from the Metropolitan Police said: “Osborne’s evil and cowardly actions meant a family has tragically lost a husband, father and grandfather.”
Some of those injured “could suffer from health issues for the rest of their lives”, he added.
Jurors heard the area outside the Muslim Welfare House had been busy with worshippers attending Ramadan prayers on 19 June.
Mr Ali had collapsed at the roadside in the minutes before the attack.
Several of those who went to help him said he was alive and conscious in the moments before being struck by the van.
Police later found a letter in the van written by Osborne, referring to Muslim people as “rapists” and “feral”.
He also wrote that Muslim men were “preying on our children”.
The trial heard Osborne became “obsessed” with Muslims in the weeks leading up to the attack, having watched the BBC drama Three Girls, about the Rochdale grooming scandal.
‘Scars will stay’
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) welcomed the verdict, but added: “We cannot be complacent and regard this as a one-off terrorist incident.”
Harun Khan, secretary general of the MCB, said: “The scenes we witnessed last summer were the most violent manifestation of Islamophobia yet in our country.
“The case tells us that we must all exercise caution when tempted to stigmatise any group of people, regardless of colour, creed or community.”
Khalid Oumar, a trustee of the mosque and founder of the Finsbury Park Attack victims’ voice forum, praised the strength of the community, adding: “The scars will stay with them forever, but the community is determined to go about daily life without fear and to stand together against victimisation and violence.
