YouTube deletes footage inciting violence

HUNDREDS of videos inciting violence, including some linked to the suspected al-Qaida mastermind of the cargo plane terror plot, were removed from YouTube yesterday.

The clips by Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-profile member of the terror group thought to be behind the cargo bomb plot, were deleted from the video sharing site and more were being examined today.

The videos were highlighted after a student in Britain tried to murder a Labour MP after being inspired by clips from the radical cleric.