Birmingham IT worker accused of organising Hamas-linked European attack faces extradition

Mohammed Alfatih Naim, a Birmingham IT worker and father, has been convicted of attacking a bailiff and now faces extradition to Germany, where he is accused of helping plan a Hamas-linked attack on Jewish targets in Europe. German prosecutors allege he was the plot’s ringleader, transporting weapons and ammunition for a planned attack on Jews or Israeli diplomats; the case matters because investigators say it could have been Hamas’ first attack on mainland Europe.

The indictment alleges that between 2023 and 2025 Alfatih travelled to Turkey, Egypt and Qatar and moved weapons from Berlin to a storage site in Vienna. German investigators reportedly arrested several suspects after a tip from Mossad, foiling the alleged plan, which was intended to coincide with the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks. Alfatih told a UK court that he came from Gaza to Britain in 2014, was granted asylum in 2015 and became a British citizen in 2020; the German allegations remain accusations.