An alleged “self-radicalised, lone wolf terrorist” was stopped from detonating a bomb outside a Leeds hospital by a patient who managed to “talk him down," a court has heard.
“When he thought that was not possible, his ‘plan B’ was to attack St James Hospital, a softer and less well-protected target than a military base,” Mr Sandiford said. The prosecutor said Farooq left but returned shortly afterwards with a new plan to wait in a hospital café for a staff shift change and detonate his device, “killing as many nurses as possible."
Mr Sandiford said the defendant told Mr Newby about his plan to take the bomb into the hospital and “kill as many nurses as possible." An investigation found Farooq had become self-radicalised by accessing extremist material and propaganda online.