Counter-terrorism officers secretly recorded an alleged Isil-inspired terror cell in Barking last month discussing how to use YouTube to plot a van and knife attack in London, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
The Daily Telegraph has discovered that one alleged suspect said the intended method was to use a car as a weapon and boasted that he had radicalised more than a dozen students in Barking wanting to martyr themselves.
He said the plot would involve driving at pedestrians and then getting out of the vehicle to attack others. He added: YouTube videos all make it properly easy to do.
One of the plotters talked about getting an automatic [vehicle] so the boys can drive it.
The men under surveillance are also said to have talked about attacking a bridge in their case Westminster Bridge and going to the gym to make their arms more powerful and therefore more lethal when using knives. Neighbours said the London Bridge attack suspect was a keen gym user.
Material connected to the alleged plotters who were being tracked last month included pages from the Islamist magazine Ramiyah, which suggest that easy prey include a drunken kafir [non-believer].
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/04/police-uncover-youtube-link-london-terror-attack/
