Hamas bodyguard to be extradited from UK to Germany over massacre plot
The bodyguard of the former leader of Hamas is wanted in Germany on charges of plotting an attack on Jewish targets, The National can reveal. Mohammed Al Fatih is accused along with seven other men of planning to carry out a massacre on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks. Investigators believe the targets were Israeli diplomats, Jewish community centres and pro-Israel commemorations.…
Mohammed Al Fatih, a 40-year-old former bodyguard for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, is set to be extradited from the United Kingdom to Germany following his conviction for wounding a debt collector. Al Fatih, also known as Mohammad Basem Naim, has been living in the UK since 2014 and holds asylum status. He is accused, along with seven others, of plotting an attack on Jewish targets in Germany on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks, including Israeli diplomats, Jewish community centers, and pro-Israel commemorations.
The German Federal Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for Al Fatih on November 3, 2025, alleging his involvement in a gang that amassed a cache of weapons and ammunition for the planned massacre. Prosecutors claim Al Fatih received five pistols and ammunition from a fellow German national named Abed Al G, who is also an alleged conspirator in the plot.
He is accused of transporting the weapons to Vienna before storing them "in preparation for Hamas's assassination attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany and Europe." A video produced by Al Fatih in advance of the alleged attack purportedly announced the planned assault in the name of Hamas. The seven other co-conspirators are also charged with plotting the attack, with weapons and ammunition allegedly procured in July 2025.
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