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Manchester synagogue attacker's associate planned Ministry of Defence terror attack, court hears
Prosecutors said Bashir helped plan a weapons attack that could have caused multiple deaths before police uncovered messages tying him to Al-Shamie.
- Mohammed Bashir pleaded guilty last month to preparing terrorist acts after driving Jihad Al-Shamie to conduct hostile reconnaissance at the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Swindon, on August 14 last year.
- Analysis of messages between Bashir and Al-Shamie demonstrated they shared an extremist worldview and regularly discussed violent jihad, captured on CCTV at the Al-Sunnah Mosque before they disposed of their mobile phones.
- Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC described Bashir as a "long-standing, committed jihadist" at Manchester Crown Court, noting that in Islamic literature, the "green birds of paradise are intimately linked to notions of martyrdom."
- Less than two months later, Al-Shamie attacked the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 2, killing Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby before police shot him dead during the terrorist attack.
- The planned attack targeted a site hosting up to 4,000 staff, contractors, and students, with officials stating the plot involved weapons intended to cause multiple fatalities and national and international impact as sentencing continues.
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