British bomb plotters targeted pubs and trains, trial hears

A TERRORIST cell allegedly linked to al-Qaida planned to blow up pubs, nightclubs and trains in a bombing campaign in Britain, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

Some members of the seven-strong gang, all British citizens, had trained at terror camps in Pakistan where they hatched the plot after practising with ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder.

The plot to kill and maim is said to have involved 600kg of ammonium nitrate fertiliser and they planned to smuggle detonators into the UK through Belgium hidden in small radios, the court heard.