Evening Standard London:
A master bombmaker trained by al Qaeda was handed five life sentences today and told he may never be released unless he gives up extremism.
Above from left, Irfan Naseer, Ashik Ali and Irfan Khalid.
Irfan Naseer, 31, was a ringleader of a terror cell that planned an attack “worse than 7/7”. He was one of 11 Islamist extremists being sentenced at Woolwich crown court for preparing acts of terrorism. Naseer plotted a campaign of suicide attacks involving at least eight rucksack bombs to be detonated in crowded places. Police have called it the most significant terror threat since the 2006 transatlantic bomb plot.
The chemistry graduate from Birmingham used his skills to become a bombmaker and explosives expert. He travelled with fellow ringleader Irfan Khalid to Pakistan for terrorist training and met at least one extremely high-ranking al Qaeda operative.
Sentencing Naseer, Mr Justice Henriques described him as “dangerous, devious and highly manipulative.”