A young radical Islamist admitted Thursday before a London court that he planned a bomb attack in London, as possible targets including a concert by Elton John and the main shopping street of the capital. Haroon Syed, 19, who lives in west London, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey court on charges of charges of "preparing terrorist acts" between April and September 2016. The young man considered target both Oxford Street , the main shopping street, like Elton John concert in Hyde Park last Sept. 11, the 15th anniversary of the attacks in New York. However, he was caught by agents of the secret services and now faces a prison sentence after admitting that he was preparing terrorist acts. Haroon Syed thought he held talks with another extremist internet, but it was actually an agent of the British security services.
Michael Topolski judge postponed sentencing for June 8 in order to obtain a psychiatric report Young, who faces a possible life sentence. "Syed admitted trying to get a machine gun, pistols, a suicide vest and a bomb," said the London Metropolitan Police after his guilty plea. As for the pump, Syed issued a "special request that were full of nails that could detonate in a crowded place," he added. When he was arrested, on September 8 last, he confessed to the police that the password for your cell phone was ISIS stands for the jihadist group Islamic State (EI). For its part, the defense of Syed argued in a statement that everything was prepared by radicals on the Internet, but he never attempted to carry out an attack. His conversations with the agent were merely a "fantasy to see how far would come," the statement said. Syed pleaded guilty after failing to get the case was rejected and excluded key talks 'online' evidence. His lawyer said the state should be channeled through the program Syed deradicalization, instead of letting it go that way.
