Man who planned to bomb Leeds hospital jailed for at least 37 years

A bomb disposal unit at St James's Hospital, Leeds, during the incident in January 2023. Photograph: Ben Lack/PA

A clinical support worker who took a viable pressure cooker bomb into a hospital intending to “kill as many nurses as possible” has been jailed for at least 37 years.

Mohammad Farooq, 29, of Leeds, also plotted a terrorist attack on RAF Menwith Hill, a top-secret spy base in North Yorkshire.