Leytonstone Tube attack: 'IS supporter' gets life sentence

Muhiddin Mire, who has paranoid schizophrenia, told police his rampage was in retaliation for airstrikes in Syria

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A man inspired by Islamic extremism to attack Tube passengers with a bread knife, slashing the throat of one, has been given a life sentence, with a minimum of eight and a half years.

Muhiddin Mire, aged 30, launched what The Sun calls a "crazed attack" on Lyle Zimmerman, a 56-year-old musician, and threatened four others in the ticket hall of London's Leytonstone Underground station on 5 December 2015.

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