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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nA migrant tried to launch a terror attack against the Israeli embassy in London ‘as an act of revenge’ for Gaza.\n\nAbdullah Sabah Albadri, 34, was caught scaling the fence of the diplomatic building in Kensington in April last year armed with two knives.\n\nFootage shows the 34-year-old, wearing a red and white scarf wrapped around his head and sunglasses, being dragged down by armed officers before he is pinned to the ground.\n\nHe told officers he had weapons and wanted to ‘make a crime’ inside the Embassy.\n\nOfficers found a martyrdom note on him which explained that he intended to die ‘for the glory of God’.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nAlbadri had entered the UK via small boat from France that same month and had been researching how to secure asylum status.\n\nKuwait-born failed asylum seeker Abdullah Albadri (Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)\n\nAbdullah Sabah Albadri being detained outside Israeli embassy (Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)\n\nBut he was also found to heave searched various Arabic terms relating to suicide and martyrdom in the five days before the attemped attack.\n\nCommander Helen Flanagan, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London, said**:** ‘Albadri wanted to carry out a terrorist attack at the Embassy, but thanks to the courageous and swift actions of officers on duty, they prevented him from breaching the security perimeter and stopped what could have been a deadly incident.\n\n‘I want to praise the officers’ incredible bravery and professionalism, which, remarkably, resulted in nobody being seriously injured – despite being confronted by a man armed with knives, intent on carrying out a terrorist attack.\n\n‘Those officers responded within seconds, and after his safe arrest, a thorough investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing London ensured we gathered the evidence that secured this conviction.\n\n‘Sadly, the Embassy has faced various security alerts in recent times. However, CTP works closely with the Embassy and our colleagues in the Met to continuously review and strengthen protective security plans to ensure the site and the wider community is kept as safe as possible.’\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Migrant was seconds from attacking London’s Israeli embassy before cops stopped him"
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