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UK Court Sentences London's Underground Knife Attacker to Life Imprisonment

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A UK court sentenced a man, who stabbed people in London's tube in 2015, to life imprisonment.

A 3D-printed Twitter logo is seen on a keyboard in front of a computer screen on which an Islamic State flag is displayed, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 6, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On December 5, Muhiddin Mire attacked musician Lyle Zimmerman with a knife in eastern London's Leytonstone tube station seriously wounding him and slightly injuring two more people.

According to the BBC broadcaster, the 30-year-old Mire was jailed for life with a minimum term of an eight-and-a-half year.

Soon after the attack, UK media reported that the attacker shouted "this is for Syria" before attacking by-passers with a knife.

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