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A man who attempted a knife attack at the Israeli embassy in London has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 20 years before being eligible for parole. Abdullah Albadri, aged 34 and originally from Kuwait, was found carrying two knives when he tried to gain entry to the embassy located in Kensington on April 28, 2025. Armed police apprehended him during the incident.
Albadri had recently arrived in the UK, having crossed the Channel on a small boat just 16 days prior to the attack attempt. He had a history of asylum claims, having first traveled to the UK via boat in August 2021, where he sought asylum but returned to France before a decision was made on his application. Upon his return to the UK in April 2025, he was briefly housed in a hotel in Basingstoke for three days before being informed that, due to his outstanding asylum claim, he was not eligible for accommodation, leaving him to sleep rough in the days before the embassy incident.
During his trial at the Old Bailey, it was revealed that Albadri’s motivations for plotting the attack were linked to the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza. On the day of the attempted attack, he was seen walking across London to the embassy wearing a red and white traditional Arabic scarf and sunglasses. Witnesses noted that he saluted two diplomatic protection officers near the embassy before trying to climb a fence surrounding the building. Police quickly intervened, tackled him to the ground, and discovered two 10cm knives along with a handwritten copy of a verse titled “the benefit of martyrdom.”
Throughout the proceedings, Albadri told officers he wanted to commit a crime inside the embassy and questioned why they were preventing him. He also stated in police interviews that his aim was “to do something to stop the war.” Evidence presented at trial suggested he may have been trying to provoke armed officers to shoot him. Prosecutor Catherine Pattison explained that Albadri “intended to do something that would have resulted in the sacrifice of his life” and highlighted the danger he posed to people leaving the embassy at the time, who “would not have had any chance to defend themselves” if the attack had succeeded. His defense lawyer, Chris Henley, argued that the plan was never a serious threat and described Albadri’s actions as an “absurd, performative fashion” designed to attract attention rather than cause harm. The court also heard that Albadri spent the morning before the incident trying to seek assistance with housing. His sentence was passed by Mrs Justice Lambert KC on Monday
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