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'Serious blunder' led to missed chances to stop Rochdale imam's murder, inquiry finds
ROCHDALE, GREATER MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 10 – The public inquiry found that police failures led to missed chances to stop the murder of Rochdale Imam Jalal Uddin, who was killed for practising a form of Islamic healing.
- On February 18, 2016, Mohammed Kadir, aged 24, bludgeoned Rochdale imam Jalal Uddin to death in a public park with a hammer.
- The murder followed extremist hostility toward Uddin's Islamic healing practice, ruqyah, which the attackers viewed as blasphemous and akin to black magic.
- A public inquiry chaired by Judge Thomas Teague KC found that police failed to appoint a senior investigating officer, causing serious blunders and lost chances to disrupt Kadir and co-conspirator Syeedy before the murder.
- Intelligence from September 2015 showed Kadir’s extremist social media posts, including vows to 'paralyse' Imams and requests not to get caught, but these were not reviewed, while Kadir had access to bomb-making manuals a month before the attack.
- As a result, Syeedy, Kadir’s getaway driver, received a life sentence, while Kadir fled to Syria and remains at large, prompting police to vow swift action if he returns to the UK.
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'Serious blunder' led to missed chances to stop Rochdale imam's murder, inquiry finds
Mohammed Kadir, who murdered Jalal Uddin in 2016, was known to counter terrorism police and had been identified as a person of high risk and significant concern. But action was not taken to investigate him.
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