An Iranian asylum seeker whose hatred of the police became an 'obsession' has been jailed for 20 years after stockpiling an arsenal of weapons to be used in an 'atrocity'. Ashkan Ebrahimi, 33, was found in possession of police batons, crossbows, swords, knives, bomb-making ingredients and air rifles at his flat in Halifax, West Yorkshire. 'Things were to escalate in a most serious way when his research began to extend to the subject of making bombs.' Among the people he targeted was the solicitor who had represented his ex-girlfriend during the case relating to the domestic incident. Ebrahimi was found guilty of stalking, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life.

Source: Daily Mail June 12, 2018 18:41 UTC