Lapshyn studied engineering in his home city at the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. In 2009 he earned a BA with honours, and completed a Master's degree the following year. He then began to pursue a doctorate. Lapshyn was arrested in August 2010 after inadvertently causing an explosion in his family's apartment. Lapshyn had been experimenting with bomb-making chemicals while his family was on holiday. There is a short video he took of one explosion in Ukraine. During another experimentation, an explosion blew him across the room and caused severe damage to the apartment. Lapshyn told investigators he had been trying to make fireworks, and was fined over the incident.  Legacy In April 2021, to mark the eighth anniversary of Mohammed Saleem's murder, his daughter Massarrat Saleem started the social media campaign "#IAmMohammedSaleem" with the aim of getting the British government to officially recognise Islamophobia as a crime. Category:Living people Category:Anti-Muslim violence in Europe Category:1988 births Category:People from Dnipro Category:Ukrainian people of Russian descent Category:Ukrainian people of Tatar descent Category:Ukrainian criminals Category:White supremacists Category:People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Category:Terrorism in England Category:Murder in the West Midlands (county) Category:Crime in the West Midlands (county) Category:Crime in Birmingham, West Midlands  Category:Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales Category:People convicted of murder by England and Wales Category:Ukrainian expatriates in England Category:Ukrainian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Category:Ukrainian people convicted of murder Category:Ukrainian people imprisoned abroad Category:2013 murders in the United Kingdom Category:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 2013 Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks Category:Terrorist incidents in Birmingham Category:2013 in Englan
Lapshyn studied engineering in his home city at the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. In 2009 he earned a BA with honours, and completed a Master's degree the following year. He then began to pursue a doctorate. Lapshyn was arrested in August 2010 after inadvertently causing an explosion in his family's apartment. Lapshyn had been experimenting with bomb-making chemicals while his family was on holiday. There is a short video he took of one explosion in Ukraine. In August 2020, Lapshyn pleaded guilty to a count of preparing an explosive substance in his cell. He pleaded guilty and was given a two-year jail sentence to run concurrently with his life sentence. It was heard in court that he had been diagnosed with autism since his incarceration. Legacy In April 2021, to mark the eighth anniversary of Mohammed Saleem's murder, his daughter Massarrat Saleem started the social media campaign "#IAmMohammedSaleem" with the aim of getting the British government to officially recognise Islamophobia as a crime. Category:Living people Category:Anti-Muslim violence in Europe Category:1988 births Category:People from Dnipro Category:Ukrainian people of Russian descent Category:Ukrainian people of Tatar descent Category:Ukrainian criminals Category:White supremacists Category:People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Category:Terrorism in England Category:Murder in the West Midlands (county) Category:Crime in the West Midlands (county) Category:Crime in Birmingham, West Midlands Category:People on the autism spectrum Category:Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales Category:People convicted of murder by England and Wales Category:Ukrainian expatriates in England Category:Ukrainian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Category:Ukrainian people convicted of murder Category:Ukrainian people imprisoned abroad Category:2013 murders in the United Kingdom Category:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 2013 Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks Category:Terrorist incidents in Birmingham Category:2013 in Englan
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During another experimentation, an explosion blew him across the room and caused severe damage to the apartment. Lapshyn told investigators he had been trying to make fireworks, and was fined over the incident.
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In August 2020, Lapshyn pleaded guilty to a count of preparing an explosive substance in his cell. He pleaded guilty and was given a two-year jail sentence to run concurrently with his life sentence. It was heard in court that he had been diagnosed with autism since his incarceration.
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Category:People on the autism spectrum