British extremist convicted in drive-by murder plot | Fox News
Suhaib Majeed. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
Two home-grown British extremists face long prison terms for conspiring to kill soldiers, police officers and civilians in west London in a plot inspired by the so-called Islamic State group.
Physics student Suhaib Majeed, 21, was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts. Tarik Hassane, 22, had pleaded guilty during the trial at London's Old Bailey courthouse. Prosecutors said he was the mastermind.
Tarik Hassane. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
"This plot is almost an elevation in complexity," he said. "This is about acquiring a moped and committing a drive-by shooting. Acquiring a firearm, silencer and ammunition, almost in broad daylight targeting police officers, and targeting the military and members of the public. That's a real concern for me, a real concern for the counter-terrorism command that we've almost seen an escalation."
The jury was not told for legal reasons that Hassane and Majeed had links to a mosque used by Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State figure who made a series of grisly beheading videos before he was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Syria.
British extremist convicted in drive-by murder plot | Fox News
Suhaib Majeed. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
Two home-grown British extremists face long prison terms for conspiring to kill soldiers, police officers and civilians in west London in a plot inspired by the so-called Islamic State group.
Physics student Suhaib Majeed, 21, was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts. Tarik Hassane, 22, had pleaded guilty during the trial at London's Old Bailey courthouse. Prosecutors said he was the mastermind.
Tarik Hassane. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
"This plot is almost an
 elevation in complexity," he said. "This is about acquiring a moped and committing a drive-by shooting. Acquiring a firearm, silencer and ammunition, almost in broad daylight targeting police officers, and targeting the military and members of the public. That's a real concern for me, a real concern for the counter-terrorism command that we've almost seen an escalation."
The jury was not told for legal reasons that Hassane and Majeed had links to a mosque used by Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State figure who made a series of grisly beheading videos before he was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Syria.