Man who took pressure cooker bomb into hospital jailed for life

Islamist Sentenced for Attempting to Bomb Hospital.

An Islamist who attempted a bombing at a British hospital has been sentenced to a minimum of 37 years in prison. Mohammad Farooq, 29, was convicted after bringing an explosive device to St James’s Hospital in the city of Leeds, England, in January. The device, a pressure cooker bomb, contained double the explosives of those used in the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013.Farooq’s plan was thwarted when he was dissuaded by patient Nathan Newby, whom …

But What Was His Motive? Man Took Pressure Cooker Bomb Into British Hospital

In January 2023, 29-year-old Mohammad Farooq, a nurse student, had brought a bomb hidden in a cocotte-minute at the maternity ward of St James's Hospital in Leeds, north of England.

Man talked out of exploding bomb in hospital jailed for minimum of 37 years

An “extraordinary, ordinary man” who talked a “self-radicalised lone wolf terrorist” out of exploding a device in the maternity wing of a hospital has been praised by a judge.

Man who took bomb, knives and firearm into hospital and planned to kill 'as many nurses as possible' jailed

A 29-year-old man who took a bomb into a hospital in Leeds has been jailed for at least 37 years.

Hospital worker who took pressure cooker bomb into maternity ward jailed for life

Mohammad Farooq was only stopped after being talked down by patient Nathan Newby