Teenager handed life sentence for Elton John nail bomb plot

A teenager who plotted to carry out a nail bomb attack at Elton John’s Hyde Park concert on September 11 was jailed for at least 16 and a half years today. Haroon Syed, 19, planned to target ‘packed places in London’ including Oxford Street, Buckingham Palace, and even the 50,000 crowd at the Rocket Man singer’s gig on the 15th anniversary of the Twin Towers attack. He used encrypted messaging app ‘Threema’ in a bid to source machine guns, pistols,…