The Wilko knives of the ‘al-Qaeda bomb-maker’

An al-Qaeda bomb-maker caught with knives near Downing Street told police: ‘You’ll see’ when he was asked if he was carrying any weapons. Khalid Ali, 28, was planning to stab police officers and politicians when he was arrested in Whitehall on 27 April last year, it is claimed. The Old Bailey heard he had not long returned to the UK after spending five years building bombs in Afghanistan. Ali’s mother had called 999 the evening before the thwarted attack after…