The disgruntled employee nearly detonated bomb at St James's Hospital in Leeds.
Mohammad Farooq planned to set off a homemade bomb inside St James's Hospital in Leeds in January 2023
Prosecutors said his plan was fuelled by perceived "bullying" at work and an "extremist Islamic ideology" which led him to "seek his own martyrdom" through a "murderous terrorist attack". The delay forced Farooq to change his plans and he instead decided to set off his homemade device in the hospital cafe.
Mr Newby kept him calm and asked him about the circumstances that had led Farooq to feel the way he did.'The right person' "I completely disagree with that. He was the right person in the right place at the right time, because most people wouldn’t have done what he did."A trial at Sheffield Crown Court later heard how Farooq's bomb was estimated to be "double the size" of the device used in the 2013 Boston Marathon attack, which killed three and injured hundreds.
Ahead of his three-week trial, Farooq pleaded guilty to firearms offences and possessing an explosive substance with intent.
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