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The opening as it read in 2015

Roshonara Choudhry ( ; born 1989) is a British student and Islamist who stabbed British MP Stephen Timms on 14 May 2010 during his constituency surgery in an attempt to kill him.¹ She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry is the first al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain. Choudhry stated she had been influenced by online sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki , the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula . Following her trial such material was removed from YouTube . "The remote-controlled Al Qaeda assassin: How brilliant student was brainwashed into stabbing MP" .²

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MP Stephen Timms was stabbed on 14 May 2010 during his constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry ( ; born 1989), a British former student and an Islamic extremist in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry was the first Al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain. Choudhry stated she had been influenced by online sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki , the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula . Following her trial such material was removed from YouTube. "The remote-controlled Al Qaeda assassin: How brilliant student was brainwashed into stabbing MP" .

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Attempted assassination of a British politician On 14 May 2010, Stephen Timms , the Labour MP for East Ham , was suddenly stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old British student and an Islamic extremist , in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry was the first Al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain. Choudhry stated that she had been influenced by online sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki , the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula . Following her trial, such material was removed from YouTube.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Attempted assassination of a British politician On 14 May 2010, Stephen Timms , the Labour MP for East Ham , was stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old British student and an Islamic extremist , in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry was the first Al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain. Choudhry stated that she had been influenced by online sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki , the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula . Following her trial, such material was removed from YouTube.

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