Hospital bomb plotter guilty of terror charge

A man who plotted to bomb a hospital in Leeds and an RAF base has been found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism.

Mohammad Farooq, 28, targeted St James’s Hospital in January 2023 but was stopped by a member of the public.

A trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the clinical support worker had planned to “kill as many nurses as possible” by detonating a pressure cooker bomb.

Jurors unanimously convicted Farooq, of Hetton Road in Leeds. He will be sentenced at a later date.

Farooq was employed by the hospital at the time as a nursing assistant.

He was stopped from carrying out the attack by a patient who moved him away from the building, talked him down and called police.

Read more: BBC News