Student sentenced to 15 years for planting bomb on London tube
by Damien Gayle and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#2QTJR)
Damon Smith, 20, who has autism, had claimed he left bomb on busy London Jubilee line train as a prank
An autistic student has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for planting a homemade bomb, built according to instructions in an online magazine linked to al-Qaida, on a London Underground train during morning rush hour.
Damon Smith, 20, constructed the rucksack bomb, which was filled with ball-bearing shrapnel, using a 2 clock from Tesco as an improvised timer, after reading an article titled How To Build a Bomb in the Kitchen of your Mum. It did not go off.
Continue reading...