"Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, who had sworn allegiance to Islamic State (IS), planned a marauding firearms attack targeting Greater Manchester's Jewish community. On Friday, the pair were sentenced at Preston crown court after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism between December 2023 and May 2024. The prime mover in the plot, Tunisian-born Saadaoui, of Abram, Wigan, was ordered to serve a minimum of 37 years."
"Saadaoui's younger brother, Bilel Saadaoui, 37, of Hindley, Wigan, was sentenced to six years in prison for failing to disclose information about the plan. All three had denied the offences in a trial lasting almost three months last year, in which jurors were told they were Islamist extremists with a visceral dislike of Jewish people. Walid Saadaoui, a former Italian restaurant owner and hotel entertainer, arranged for the purchase and delivery of semi-automatic rifles, conducted reconnaissance and identified targets,"
Two men who had sworn allegiance to Islamic State planned a marauding firearms attack targeting the Jewish community in Greater Manchester. The plot was prepared between December 2023 and May 2024 and was disrupted when an undercover operative infiltrated jihadist social media and posed as a weapons supplier. Saadaoui arranged purchase and delivery of semi-automatic rifles, conducted reconnaissance and identified targets and attempted to collect weapons in Bolton on 8 May 2024. Arrests involved more than 200 officers and the firearms had been deactivated. Saadaoui received a minimum 37-year term, Hussein at least 26 years, and Bilel Saadaoui six years for failing to disclose information.
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