Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai (born 2001) is an Afghan man who murdered three men; two in Serbia and one in the United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2]} Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai was born in Afghanistan in 2001. From 2015, he moved illegally through many international borders, initially through Pakistan and Iran before moving between Norway, Italy and Serbia. ^[1] On 31 July 2018, he used a Kalashnikov rifle to shoot dead two Afghan men, for which he was convicted in absentia of two counts of murder. ^{[1] [2]} In 2019 he made a claim for asylum in Norway. ^{[1] [2]} During December 2019, it was rejected; during the same month he illegally entered the United Kingdom, where he claimed asylum, pretending to be an unaccompanied 14-year-old. ^{[1] [3] [2]} He moved to Poole, Dorset, England, where he was put into foster care. ^[2] On 12 March 2022, he stabbed stranger Thomas Roberts to death in the street in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. ^{[1] [3] [2]} Abdulrahimzai admitted manslaughter, but denied murder. ^[1] In January 2023, he was tried at Salisbury Crown Court in Wiltshire, where on 23 January he was convicted of murder. ^{[1] [3]} On 25 January, the same court sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum of 29 years. ^{[1] [2]}

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