Terrorist who said he ‘masterminded 7/7’ set to be freed from secure unit ‘within days’

(LBC) A terrorist who is said to have confessed to being a mastermind behind the 7/7 bombings is set to be freed from prison “within days.”

Haroon Aswat, 50, has been declared “a risk to national security” but could be released soon from a secure unit due to a legal loophole — without a full risk assessment because of his mental health treatment.

He was jailed in 2015 in the US for 20 years after admitting trying to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon.

According to the Sun he admitted he was a “mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and a 2005 terrorist attack in the UK.”

A High Court judge has previously described him as posing an “ongoing risk.”

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