{"id":6248,"date":"2025-12-23T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=6248"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:45:24","slug":"men-guilty-over-gun-attack-plot-on-manchester-jewish-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=6248","title":{"rendered":"Men guilty over gun attack plot on Manchester Jewish community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walid Saadaoui (left) and Amar Hussein (middle) arranged for guns to be brought into the UK. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Two men who planned a gun attack to cause “untold harm” to the Jewish community in Greater Manchester have been found guilty.<\/p>\n

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and 52-year-old Amar Hussein had a “visceral dislike” of Jewish people and arranged for guns to be brought into the UK as part of an “Isis-inspired plot”, Preston Crown Court was told.<\/p>\n

The men believed they were planning their attacks with a third man who they thought shared their extremist views but “Farouk” was actually an undercover operative, the court heard.<\/p>\n

A third defendant, Saadaoui’s brother Bilel Saadaoui, 36, has been convicted of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Walid Saadaoui, of Abram in Wigan, and Hussein, of no fixed abode, were convicted of preparing acts of terrorism between 13 December 2023 and 9 May 2024.<\/p>\n

The court heard their plan was to get the weapons and ammunition and identify a mass gathering of Jewish people whom they could attack. <\/p>\n

They had also identified areas in Greater Manchester with a large Jewish population.<\/p>\n

In addition, they intended to kill any law enforcement or police officers who got in their way.<\/p>\n

Their plans were laid bare through their communication with Farouk and, as a result, the police were able to thwart them.<\/p>\n

Farouk said he would arrange for the weapons to be brought into the country from Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Two assault rifles, a semi-automatic pistol and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition were found a vehicle when Walid Saadaoui was arrested<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Walid Saadaoui was arrested in a hotel car park in Bolton on 8 May 2023. <\/p>\n

The prosecution said two assault rifles, a semi-automatic pistol and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition were found in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

However, counter-terrorism police said they were in control of the supply and delivery of the weapons the whole time in order to protect the public.<\/p>\n

Hussein and Bilel Saadaoui, who were both elsewhere, were arrested minutes later.<\/p>\n

The trial heard Walid Saadaoui had been planning to “martyr himself”, had prepared a will and had left a copy with his brother, along with access to his belongings and tens of thousands of pounds in cash to help provide for his family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bilel Saadaoui has been found guilty following a trial <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Bilel Saadaoui, of Hindley, Wigan, was not planning to take part in the attacks but knew what his brother was doing and sympathised with the views of the so-called Islamic State group.<\/p>\n

The trial was shown WhatsApp messages between the pair which “provided a flavour of the views they held about Jewish people”.<\/p>\n

In one message Bilel Saadaoui had sent Hussein a link to a news report that a number of Jewish people had been killed in a bridge collapse, and he added the hashtag “Beloved Palestine”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Deadliest terrorist attack’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Following the verdicts, Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police Robert Potts said: “What Walid Saadaoui was trying to achieve was a terrorist attack on the Jewish community that, given the weaponry and ammunition involved, could potentially have been the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history.<\/p>\n

“Some of the things he said made it very clear that he regarded a less sophisticated attack with less lethal weaponry as not being good enough as he saw it as his duty to kill as many Jewish people as he could.<\/p>\n

“That wasn’t going to be achieved via the use of a knife, or potentially a vehicle, as a weapon.<\/p>\n

“There was very real risk and danger for Farouk who undoubtedly saved lives. <\/p>\n

“I cannot overemphasise his courage, bravery and professionalism in the role that he played.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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