A Muslim inmate allegedly tried to kill five “kuffar” prison officers and shouted “Allahu Akbar” before one of the attacks, a court heard.
Aklakur Rahman, 38, is accused of repeatedly attacking staff at HMP Swaleside in Kent and Belmarsh, a high-security prison in south London, between September and October 2022.
He has been charged with 20 offences, including five of attempted murder and six attempted assaults on an emergency worker.
Rahman, who is originally from Ipswich, used homemade weapons for the attack including a sharpened plastic spoon, the court heard.
Alistair Richardson, prosecuting, told jurors that Rahman viewed the prison officers as “kuffar” – a derogatory term for non-Muslims.
Mr Richardson said: “This highly dangerous man does not leave it to anybody else to work out what he is doing. He has repeatedly said that he wants to kill prison officers. Both before the attacks, at the time he attacks, and afterwards.”
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