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Plotting Terror Leads To 10-Year Sentence; Convicted Man Said To Be Influenced By Suicide Bomber Brother

December 21 2017

United Kingdom

A British court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 10 years in prison for preparing terrorist acts, reports the Independent (U.K.).

On Wednesday, Mohammed Awan was sentenced for 10 years and also ordered to serve three years of parole under strict conditions after his release.

The convicted man is the younger brother of a suicide bomber who killed 30 people in a blast in Iraq in 2016. The judge said he believed Awan was "to a very large extent radicalized by the actions" of...

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