In a largely secret trial, Erol Incedal, a law student from London, was convicted of possessing a manual on how to make bombs. Incedal is thought to have been planning a Mumbai-type attack as well as targeting former prime minister Tony Blair, and faces retrial on those charges in 2015. Incedal’s co-defendant, Mounir Rarmoul-Bouhadjar, also from London, pled guilty to possessing a bomb-making manual. Police are investigating reports that Cardiff student Nasser Muthana, 20, appeared in the Islamic State’s video on the beheading of US citizen Peter Kassig. Muthana’s brother Aseel is also thought to have joined the Islamic State in Syria. British Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’ also appeared in the video, threatening the slaughter of citizens on the streets of the UK.
