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A “committed jihadist” who plotted a terror attack on a MoD base with Manchester synagogue knife assailant Jihad Al-Shamie has been jailed for life.

Mohammad Bashir, 31, described as a “long-standing, committed jihadist”, drove Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, on a 10-hour round trip to conduct hostile reconnaissance at the UK’s Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Swindon, on 14 August last year, Manchester Crown Court heard.

On 2 October, two men were killed in a separate incident as worshippers gathered at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue to mark Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews.

Syrian-born UK citizen Al-Shamie, who wore a fake suicide belt, was shot dead by police outside the building.

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