1h 16min, mar 21, 2025 y - Man Jailed for Planned Terror Attack

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A nursing assistant who plotted to bomb a hospital and an RAF base has been jailed for life.

Mohammad Farooq planned to detonate an explosive at St James's Hospital in Leeds in January 2023, after earlier plotting to target RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate.

Farooq, 29, of Hetton Road in Leeds, was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of preparing acts of terrorism, with jurors hearing he wanted to "kill as many nurses as possible" by detonating a pressure cooker bomb.

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