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| Britain |
| Terrorist trained to work as Olympic security guard |
| 2013-03-16 |
| His mother admitted Imran Mahmood was a problem child who was often in trouble with the police. Nighat Sultana said he became such a problem as he grew older that he mainly lived with his grandmother until she died in 2007, when he returned to live with her. Mahmood spent a year in Pakistan between July 2010 and August 2011 during which time, police and security services think he undertook terror training. He was detained for overstaying by the Pakistani authorities in July 2011 and deported a month later. On his return to the UK traces of explosive materials were found inside his bag at Heathrow airport – suggesting the backpack had been used to carry them previously. He was not arrested but permitted to go through and put under surveillance. He first met Dart two months later and is said to have given him advice on who to seek in Pakistan for terror training. Mrs Sultana said she had believed her son had first met Dart at a local job centre and the latter was helping him find a wife. She said, “It was a complete shock to later hear he had been accused of terrorism. As far as I knew he was in Pakistan to see family. “When he was young he was always in trouble with the police and I could not cope with him. It was never anything serious though.” Mrs Sultana said when he returned from Pakistan he was looking for employment and job centre staff later suggested he train to be a security guard. She said, “He did a course and has just passed it when he was arrested. I don’t know if it had anything to do with that because the Olympics were coming up. I don’t even know if he was planning to try and get a job working there.” |
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| #1 Learned their lessons from TSA? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-03-16 00:18 |