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23/07/2013
25-Year-Old Charged With Murder And Mosque Explosions
A 25-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the "terrorist-realted" murder of an 82-year-old Muslim in Birmingham in April.
Ukranian Pavlo Lapshyn is also facing charges in connection with three explosions near mosques in Walsall, Wolverhampton and Tipton.
The postgraduate student, in the UK on a sponsored work placement at a software firm in Birmingham, is accused of stabbing Mahammed Sallem as he walked home from evening prayers at a mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on April 25.
He was arrested last week by officers investigating a reported explosion near a mosque.
He was remanded in custody to appear again at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
(MH/CD)
Ukranian Pavlo Lapshyn is also facing charges in connection with three explosions near mosques in Walsall, Wolverhampton and Tipton.
The postgraduate student, in the UK on a sponsored work placement at a software firm in Birmingham, is accused of stabbing Mahammed Sallem as he walked home from evening prayers at a mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on April 25.
He was arrested last week by officers investigating a reported explosion near a mosque.
He was remanded in custody to appear again at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
(MH/CD)
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