Article 2QTJR Student sentenced to 15 years for planting bomb on London tube

Student sentenced to 15 years for planting bomb on London tube

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Damien Gayle and agencies
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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.

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