"I am sure this would have led to the deaths of many people and serious injuries to many, many more. Your plan envisaged you and two others discharging AK-47s into a large crowd of marchers, who were unarmed and defenceless; 120 bullets could have been discharged before any reloads were required. You planned to have spare magazines available. Your attack would have led to the deaths of people of all ages, including children."
"Walid Saadaoui, 38, hatched a plan to smuggle four high-powered military-grade AK-47 rifles, two pistols and 900 rounds of ammunition into the UK and unleash what police chiefs said could have been Britain's deadliest terrorist incident. Alongside Amar Hussein, 52, he had intended to cause untold harm and open fire on a march against antisemitism in Manchester city centre, before moving to attack an area of the city occupied predominantly by the Jewish community."
Two men, Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, planned a mass shooting targeting an anti-antisemitism march in Manchester city centre and a nearby area predominantly occupied by the Jewish community. Saadaoui aimed to smuggle four military-grade AK-47 rifles, two pistols and 900 rounds of ammunition into the UK. The plot was uncovered after Saadaoui shared preparations online with a person he believed shared his ideology but who was an undercover operative. Both men were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum terms of 37 and 26 years respectively. Judges warned the attack would have caused numerous deaths and serious injuries.
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