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Three guilty of airline bomb plot

Source: BBC

London : United Kingdom | 3 months ago

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A jury convicted ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, of conspiring to activate bombs disguised as drinks. Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, were also found guilty of the same charge at Woolwich Crown Court. The verdicts follow one of the UK's longest terror...

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