Mohammed Hamid (born 1957 in Tanzania) is a British citizen convicted of training the terrorists who committed the 21 July 2005 London Bombings.
Hamid gained a reputation for petty criminality, serving multiple sentences in juvenile detention (borstal);[3][inappropriate external link?]
Yet Hamid became ever more radical in his religious beliefs, adopting Muslim grab, preaching at Speaker's Corner, and - in 1996 - opening an Islamist bookshop which became the foundation of his terrorist activities.
He opened an Islamic bookshop al-Koran in the Clapton area of east London and started attending rallies at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park after the 9/11 attacks for many years.
On Thursday 21 July 2005, 4 terrorist attackers attempted to bomb parts of London’s transportation system but were unsuccessful.
Muktar Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
However, police say that the Islamic extremist Mohammed Hamid played a crucial role in training/preparing the young men who were involved in the 21/7 bombing for terrorism.
After a five-month trial at the Wollwich crown court, Mohammad Hamid was found guilty of training terrorists in secret camps, abusing drugs, and conspiring.
[3] The court ruled that there is evidence that Mohammed Hamid had relations with the four suicide bombers involved in the 21 July 2005 London Bombing and did in fact train them.
Hamid was said to be training the terrorist bombers through camping trips around the UK, paint balling arenas and was encouraging others to murder non believers.
[7] Hamid has been regarded as a key figure in extremist networks and his conviction has been viewed a major success for counter-terrorism policies for the court and Britain.
There has been debate that there has not been sufficient evidence to prove that camping and practicing paintball was enough to convict Hamid of training terrorists.