Teenager wanted to bomb Elton John show on 9/11 anniversary

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A teenager who plotted to carry out a nail bomb attack at Elton John’s Hyde Park concert on September 11 will join his terrorist brother behind bars, a court heard. Haroon Syed, 19, faces a possible life sentence for planning 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…

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