An unrepentant Ukrainian right-wing extremist has admitted murdering an elderly Muslim man and a series of bomb attacks on mosques to try to spark a race war in Britain.
Pavlo Lapshyn, a talented and highly intelligent engineer, stabbed his 82-year-old victim three times in the back just five days after he stepped off a plane to start a prestigious placement at a hi-tech software design firm in Birmingham.
Mohammed Saleem was attacked as he was walking from prayers but police appeals – with little forensic evidence, no witnesses and only grainy CCTV footage – meant that detectives had little to go on until Lapshyn began his bombing campaign nearly two months later.
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