Police track 20 more terror plot suspects

A hard core of 20 Islamic extremists with links to foreign terror groups is operating north of the Border and poses a “significant” risk to public safety, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. Senior intelligence insiders have revealed the suspects – many of them born and brought up in Scotland – pose a similar threat to

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School visit to mosque to teach tolerance

School children in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, will visit local mosques in the wake of the Alva terror trial, BBC Scotland reported. It is hoped the scheme will increase understanding of other religions in the community. The move comes after former Alva Academy pupil Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, was found guilty of terrorism offences on Monday. Ochil

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‘Wannabe suicide bomber’ guilty verdict ‘tragedy for justice’

The verdict over a British-born Muslim student found guilty of a series of terrorism offences on Monday has been described as “tragedy for justice and for freedom of speech”. The “wannabe suicide bomber” Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, could face 15-years in jail for allegedly providing training material on booby-trap bomb making and threatening to become

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Scottish student convicted on terror charges

A 21-year-old student was convicted today of possessing CDs and computer material linked to Islamist terrorism, along with threatening to become a suicide bomber and other offences. He faces a potential jail sentence of up to 15 years, the trial judge has warned. Following the verdict, police said Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Alva, Clackmannanshire near

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