A ‘despicable’ terrorist who confessed to his role in 9/11 and the July 7 bombings is set to be freed from prison within days despite officials declaring him a ‘risk to national security’.
Haroon Aswat, 50, could be released from a secure hospital unit in the UK without a full risk assessment due to his mental health treatment.
He was jailed in 2015 in the US for 20 years having admitted trying to start a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
Aswat was visited by a British psychiatrist in America before he was deported back to Britain in 2022 where he declared: ‘I’m a terrorist.’
Now newly surfaced US court documents show Aswat also confessed to being a ‘mastermind behind the [9/11] attacks and a 2005 attack in the UK’, The Sun has reported.
In addition to his connection to the 7/7 London terror bombings, which killed 52 people, Aswat has also threatened to kill Jews, Christians and certain groups of Muslims.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said he feared Aswat’s return to the streets of Britain and said: ‘He should never experience freedom again.’
Despite officials admitting their concern and the High Court’s Mr Justice Robert Jay previously saying there was ‘evidence of an ongoing risk’, Aswat will only be subject to a notification order upon his release.