30-10-2023 16:37 via theguardian.com

Man, 28, who brought bomb to Leeds hospital was self-radicalised, court told

Prosecution says patient at St James’s persuaded Mohammed Farooq to hand himself inA “self-radicalised” suspect who brought a pressure cooker bomb to a Leeds hospital in January was persuaded to hand himself in to police by a member of the public who “saved many lives”, a court heard.Mohammed Farooq, 28, brought a device containing nearly 10kg of explosive to St James’s hospital in the early hours of 20 January 2023, planning to detonate it in a terror attack,
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