The Hospital Bomb Plot: How a Radicalized Nurse Tried to Kill His Colleagues in Leeds
In this gripping episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson uncovers the terrifying case of Mohammad Farooq, a clinical support worker at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, UK.
On January 20, 2023, Farooq arrived at the maternity ward with a powerful homemade pressure cooker bomb — twice as lethal as the Boston Marathon devices — intending to “kill as many nurses as possible.” Driven by a toxic mix of personal grudges and ISIS-inspired radicalization, he had also scouted a military base as his original target.
Only the quick thinking and compassion of a brave hospital patient, Nathan…
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