--- description: Man given life sentence following ISIS-inspired attack in London Underground station last December, which left one man with serious injuries title: Life Sentence for London Underground Isis-Inspired Attacker image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d2a22b4fdaba40/6988a092cd1bbad649701c6e/muhiddin-mire-attack-station.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ISIS Sympathizer Who Tried to Behead Train Passenger in London Jailed for Life by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2016 3:41 PM CUT  Police cordoning off Leytonstone Underground Station in east London on May 12, 2015\. Muhaydin Mire, 30, of Sansom Road, Leytonstone, has been found guilty of trying to behead a random stranger at a Tube station after being inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. Police cordoning off Leytonstone Underground Station in east London on May 12, 2015\. Muhaydin Mire, 30, of Sansom Road, Leytonstone, has been found guilty of trying to behead a random stranger at a Tube station after being inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.Jonathan Brady—PA Wire by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2016 3:41 PM CUT A man who [attempted to behead a passenger](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36942245 "undefined") in an ISIS-inspired attack at a London Underground station last December has been jailed for life. Muhaydin Mire, 30, targeted random individuals during the [knife attack](http://time.com/4137995/london-tube-muhaydin-mire-stabbing/ "undefined") at Leytonstone station in East London. He stabbed three people including musician Lyle Zimmerman, 56, who was left with serious but not life-threatening injuries after his throat was cut in the ticket hall. Judge Nicholas Hilliard, who sentenced Mire to a minimum of eight-and-a-half years before being considered for parole, accepted that he had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time but also believed he had been motivated by events in Syria, [the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36942245 "undefined") reports. Judge Hilliard added that Mire cut the throat of an innocent member of the public “in plain sight for maximum impact”. Mobile phone footage of the Dec. 5 attack showed Mire saying he would “[spill blood” for his “Syrian brothers.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/12/06/youaintnomuslimbruv-twitter-london-stabbing/76879252/ "undefined")” A bystander can be heard in the background responding, “you ain’t no Muslim, bruv.” The footage went viral and inspired a hashtag [#YouAintNoMuslimBruv](http://time.com/4137763/viral-youaintnomuslimbruv-hashtag/ "undefined"), which people on social media used to tweet solidarity for the victims. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36942245 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4432959/london-tube-isis-muhaydin-mire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4432959/london-tube-isis-muhaydin-mire/"},"headline":"ISIS Sympathizer Who Tried to Behead Train Passenger in London Jailed for Life","datePublished":"2016-08-01T15:41:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:58:14.430Z","description":"Muhiddin Mire said he would \"spill blood\" for his \"Syrian brothers\"","url":"https://time.com/4432959/london-tube-isis-muhaydin-mire/","keywords":["ISIS","United Kingdom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d2a22b4fdaba40/6988a092cd1bbad649701c6e/muhiddin-mire-attack-station.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d2a22b4fdaba40/6988a092cd1bbad649701c6e/muhiddin-mire-attack-station.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Muhiddin Mire court case","caption":"Police cordoning off Leytonstone Underground Station in east London on May 12, 2015. 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