Dramatic moment police storm house of terrorist who plotted UK bomb attack

This is the dramatic moment police stormed a house to arrest a terrorist who had plotted a bomb attack in the UK.

Uniformed officers smashed down the door of the house in Luton, before racing upstairs and putting Mubashir Jamil in handcuffs as he lay on his bed.

Police seized an iPhone and two laptops featuring pro-Daesh documents including "How to survive in the West - A mujahid guide" and "The Islamic State 2015".

The 22-year-old, who planned to fight with Daesh in Syria, was found guilty of terrorism offences at the Old Bailey on Thursday.

He sent a covert police officer online messages between November 2015 and April 2016 about his dreams of travelling to Syria and even bought a punchbag and pull-bag to get fit ahead of his journey, the Old Bailey heard.

He said he didn’t want to draw attention to his fitness programme and also bought a football to play with "so it's less suspicious".

Before deciding to travel to Syria, Jamil considered other options, including carrying out a suicide bomb attack, police said.

He talked of wanting to see attacks similar to those in Belgium and Paris.

In one message, he wrote: "I am saying if you guys can send me someone quickly, and he fits a explosive [sic] belt on me and tells me how to press, I can go find good targets on the same day and press it."

But Jamil decided to pursue his plans to fight in Syria instead. He booked a ticket to fly to Turkey on April 30. Officers arrested him on April 27.

He was convicted of being engaged in conduct in preparation for giving effect to the intention to commit acts of terrorism and remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on November 23.

Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "Mubashir Jamil, seemingly inspired by the terrorist atrocities in Belgium and France, was determined to support Daesh by fighting for them in Syria or taking lives here in the UK.

“Ultimately, he decided to go to Syria and the Met's Counter Terrorism Command gathered solid evidence of Jamil's plans before arresting him ahead of his flight date.

"Counter terrorism teams across the UK are carrying out hundreds of investigations but we need communities to work with us to fight terrorism.

“I urge them to do this by being vigilant and reporting anything suspicious, including if they think someone they know is being radicalised."

Anyone who notices suspicious behaviour or is concerned that someone they know is being radicalised is urged to call the confidential Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.