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(LONDON) — A usual Uber driver modified into as soon as convicted Monday of plotting a car and weapons attack on London tourist web sites, right over a year after he modified into as soon as cleared of attacking police with a sword outdoor Buckingham Palace.
Jurors at London’s Woolwich Crown Court chanced on Mohiussunnath Chowdhury responsible of getting ready terrorist acts and other terrorism prices.
Prosecutors acknowledged 28-year-outdated Chowdhury planned a van, gun or knife attack on targets including Madame Tussauds wax museum, London’s homosexual delight parade and an originate-top sightseeing bus.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson acknowledged throughout the trial that Chowdhury desired to “unleash loss of life and struggling” on non-Muslims after appealing sermons from extremist preachers including al-Qaida’s Anwar Al-Awlaki.
He confided his plans to undercover police officers posing as fellow extremists. He modified into as soon as arrested in July.
Chowdhury, who lived in Luton, north of London, had been on police radar for some time. In 2017, he modified into as soon as charged with getting ready an act of terrorism after slashing police officers outdoor Buckingham Palace with a sword. He modified into as soon as acquitted in December 2018 after claiming at a trial that he modified into as soon as seeking to provoke the officers to shoot him ineffective.
Prosecutors acknowledged Chowdhury later bragged about deceiving the jury at his first trial.
Chowdhury is scheduled to be sentenced on March 13. His sister, Sneha Chowdhury, modified into as soon as convicted of failing to expose data about acts of terrorism and would possibly presumably presumably honest moreover be sentenced later.
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