Mohammad Farooq, a 29-year-old nursing assistant, received a life sentence with a minimum of 37 years for plotting a terrorist attack. He planned to detonate a pressure cooker bomb, containing nearly 10kg of explosives, at St. James’s Hospital in Leeds, aiming to kill numerous nurses. Farooq, who had been radicalized online, was thwarted by a bystander who intervened before the attack. The judge commended the bystander’s actions, preventing what could have been a devastating atrocity.
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Mohammad Farooq, a trainee nurse, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 37 years for attempting a deadly Islamic State-inspired attack. His plan involved a pressure cooker bomb, significantly more powerful than those used in the Boston Marathon bombing, intended for use at St. James’s Hospital in Leeds, with RAF Mentwith Hill as a backup target. The attack was thwarted by a patient who talked Farooq out of detonating the device. Farooq’s conviction stemmed from evidence including the bomb, a (fake) firearm, and digital evidence revealing his extremist views and planning.
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