Campaigners say that Hassane was tasered and arrested despite a lack of evidence regarding his involvement in an Islamic State-linked terror plot. The campaign was started by Andrew Scott, a friend of Hassane, after British newspapers, including Metro and the Daily Mail, ran stories on Thursday suggesting Tarik had announced on Twitter his intention to conduct a terror attack. According to the newspaper reports, Hassane tweeted “Oi Lads…I smell War” , which police believed was a message suggesting he was going to carry out a terror attack in the UK, following threats made by ISIS on social media. However,...
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