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Man who attacked Tube passengers with knife at Leytonstone station, east London, guilty of attempted murder A man who attacked Tube passengers with knife at Leytonstone station in east London has been found guilty of attempted murder.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Muhiddin Mire, 30, injured musician Lyle Zimmerman, 56, in the station's ticket hall last December.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Somali-born Mire admitted the attack but denied attempted murder.
Mr Zimmerman suffered "a deep and ragged wound" to his neck and his windpipe was exposed, the Old Bailey jury heard.
Mire, of Sansom Road, Leytonstone, threatened four other travellers as he ran amok through the station.
The minicab driver had already admitted four counts of attempted wounding and an alternative count of wounding with intent to cause Mr Zimmerman grievous bodily harm.
The attack was caught on CCTV and mobile phone footage taken by a passer-by who carried on filming even as Mire lunged at him with his knife.
Mire claimed he was carrying out the attack for "my Syrian brothers", prompting one onlooker shout: "You ain't no Muslim, bruv".
Police officers shot Mire with a Taser and arrested him.