Ahmad Musa Jibril (Photo from Youtube video)
Ahmad Musa Jebril (Photo from YouTube video)
A former friend of one of the three London attackers tells the BBC that he reported the man to authorities after becoming concerned about his radical views. He also said the man became influenced by watching on the Internet, Ahmad Musa Jebril, a radical Dearborn cleric popular among Islamic extremists.
"We spoke about a particular attack that happened and like most radicals he had a justification for anything and everything and that day I realized I needed to contact the authorities," the former friend tells the BBC, according to the London Telegraph, which doesn'ty name the terrorist at the request of police. The terrorist died during the attack.
“He used to listen to a lot of Musa Jebril. I have heard some of this stuff and its very radical. I am surprised this stuff is still on YouTube and is easily accessible. I phoned the anti-terror hotline. I spoke to the gentleman. I told him about our conversation and why I think he was radicalised.”
In 2004 Musa Jebril and his father were convicted of 42 charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, failure to file income tax returns and felon-in-possession of firearms and ammunition. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and was released in 2012. In June 2014, he had his Internet access restricted for a parole violation, and that ended in March 21015.
Jebril's social media accounts have not posted anything new since the summer of 2014, but experts say his influence is still strong since the material remains online, the Detroit Free Press reported.
