(GB News) An asylum seeker who burnt the Koran has claimed he has been forced into hiding after police warned him of a terror plot to murder him.
Hamit Coskun was woken at 2am on Saturday by officers acting on behalf of the Metropolitan Police who informed him of “an imminent threat,” according to his lawyers.
The officers, from the force at his hiding location, are understood to have delivered what is known as an Osman warning.
The 50-year-old was convicted last week of a racially aggravated public order offence after shouting “f*** Islam” and “Islam is religion of terrorism” whilst setting fire to the religious text during a protest on February 13.
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