(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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