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Jail for 'suicide vest' student Jail for 'suicide vest' student
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A student has been jailed for a minimum of 10 years for plotting to blow himself up using his own "suicide vest" and home-made explosives.A student has been jailed for a minimum of 10 years for plotting to blow himself up using his own "suicide vest" and home-made explosives.
Isa Ibrahim, from Bristol, was convicted at Winchester Crown Court of making explosives with intent and preparing terrorist acts in April 2008.Isa Ibrahim, from Bristol, was convicted at Winchester Crown Court of making explosives with intent and preparing terrorist acts in April 2008.
He had denied both charges but pleaded guilty to a third charge of making an explosive substance.He had denied both charges but pleaded guilty to a third charge of making an explosive substance.
Prosecutors said Ibrahim was planning to attack a shopping centre.Prosecutors said Ibrahim was planning to attack a shopping centre.
He was given an indeterminate sentence, with the judge saying he should serve a minimum of 10 years.He was given an indeterminate sentence, with the judge saying he should serve a minimum of 10 years.
Mr Justice Butterfield told Ibrahim that, even though he had not made a detonation device or completed the suicide vest, "your preparation to inflict an atrocity on the innocent civilians of Bristol were advanced".Mr Justice Butterfield told Ibrahim that, even though he had not made a detonation device or completed the suicide vest, "your preparation to inflict an atrocity on the innocent civilians of Bristol were advanced".
"You are a dangerous young man, well capable of acting on the views you held in the spring of 2008," he said."You are a dangerous young man, well capable of acting on the views you held in the spring of 2008," he said.
'Lonely and angry''Lonely and angry'
He said he considered Ibrahim to be a "continuing danger" to the public but gave a substantial discount on the minimum term imposed because he had acted alone and because of his age.He said he considered Ibrahim to be a "continuing danger" to the public but gave a substantial discount on the minimum term imposed because he had acted alone and because of his age.
"You were, in my judgment, a lonely and angry young person at the time of these events, with a craving for attention," said the judge."You were, in my judgment, a lonely and angry young person at the time of these events, with a craving for attention," said the judge.
Police found a quantity of home-made high explosive HMTD, the same substance used in the 7 July attacks, in a container in the fridge of Ibrahim's home when he was arrested.Police found a quantity of home-made high explosive HMTD, the same substance used in the 7 July attacks, in a container in the fridge of Ibrahim's home when he was arrested.
They also discovered an electrical circuit capable of detonating the explosive at short range and a half-made "suicide vest".They also discovered an electrical circuit capable of detonating the explosive at short range and a half-made "suicide vest".
The prosecution said the Muslim convert was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack on the Broadmead shopping centre in Bristol.The prosecution said the Muslim convert was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack on the Broadmead shopping centre in Bristol.
Prosecutors said he became increasingly radicalised after converting to Islam, developing a "mindset of martyrdom" and changing his name from Andrew to Isa.Prosecutors said he became increasingly radicalised after converting to Islam, developing a "mindset of martyrdom" and changing his name from Andrew to Isa.
He also researched fundamentalism on the internet and searched online for techniques to manufacture explosives from household products.He also researched fundamentalism on the internet and searched online for techniques to manufacture explosives from household products.
Ibrahim had told the trial that he made explosives and "suicide vests" because it was "fun" and he was trying to "occupy time" while he struggled to beat an addiction to drugs.Ibrahim had told the trial that he made explosives and "suicide vests" because it was "fun" and he was trying to "occupy time" while he struggled to beat an addiction to drugs.
He said he was "planning to set off an explosion but not hurt people".He said he was "planning to set off an explosion but not hurt people".
Det Supt Nigel Rock of Avon and Somerset Police, who investigated the case, said Ibrahim was a danger to society.
He said: "He had all the things he needed to make a viable explosive device. He was dangerous. He had made a highly volatile explosive.
"He'd made sufficient quantity to cause serious harm, if not death to people. And he'd made a means of transporting that explosive and a means of detonating that explosive."