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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Pat Hurst

‘Serious blunder’ over Islamic State murder of Rochdale Imam

Highly respected Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in a public park by Mohammed Kadir, then aged 24, because he practised a form of Islamic healing the terror group regarded as ‘black magic’ (Greater Manchester Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A “serious blunder” led to missed opportunities to disrupt a plot by Islamic State extremists to kill a Rochdale Imam, a public inquiry has found.

Highly respected Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in a public park by Mohammed Kadir, then aged 24, because he practised a form of Islamic healing the terror group regarded as “black magic”.

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