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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Terror case student wanted to ‘debate against’ views of Islamic State, jury told

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A PhD student accused of plotting to make a drone capable of delivering a bomb was “fascinated” by so-called Islamic State because he wanted to argue against the terror group’s views, a court has heard.

The second day of the trial of Mohamad Al-Bared, 26, heard he was not a supporter of IS and that his work on a drone was part of research into removing heat from electric motors.

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