Airport explosion plot was ‘publicity stunt’

A BRITISH Muslim man accused of leading a transatlantic airline bomb plot admitted yesterday that he planned to explode a device at a British airport terminal.

Airport explosion plot was ‘publicity stunt’

Abdulla Ahmed Ali, aged 27, said plans to attack the Houses of Parliament were dropped in favour of an airport because “security was not so tight”.

He told Woolwich Crown Court he was interested in Heathrow Terminal 3 because it was used by several American airline carriers.

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