Updated Statement on Leeds Incident

An updated statement from CTP NE regarding the incident in Leeds on Saturday, April 26.

Hospital worker sentenced to Life for plot to attack RAF Menwith Hill and St James’s Hospital

Mohammad Sohail Farooq (18.10.1995) has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 37 years, for plotting to attack RAF Menwith Hill and St James’s Hospital.  Farooq was convicted of preparing for an act of terrorism last July. During a three-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court the jury heard how the clinical support...

Leeds Man Charged with Possessing and Disseminating Terrorist Material

A 21 year old man from Leeds has been charged with eight offences following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East.