A 29-year-old man inspired by the Islamic State has been sentenced to life in prison by a British court after being accused of planting a bomb hidden in a pressure cooker in a maternity ward, intending to "kill as many nurses as he could" when it exploded.
Mohammed Farooq, who the court described as a "lone wolf," was radicalized after following ISIS. He built the explosive device by copying the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, which killed three people and injured hundreds.
Farooq, who was a trainee nurse, targeted the maternity ward of St. James's Hospital in Leeds, northern England. His initial target, however, was a US air base, which he was unable to access due to security measures.
According to the prosecution, he wanted to "kill as many nurses as possible ," but was stopped by a man smoking a cigarette outside the hospital.
" You were about to do the unthinkable, to detonate a bomb in a hospital ," Judge Mohammed Farooq told him, announcing his sentence.
During the trial, prosecutors praised the courage of the bystander who stopped Farooq.
" He realized something was wrong and started talking to her, instead of walking away. This simple action certainly saved many lives ," they said. (A2 Televizion)
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