Former Terrorist Released After Treatment | Leeds News

Leeds News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 6, 2026 · 2m

A convicted al-Qaeda terrorist with ties to the July 7 London bombings has been released from a psychiatric hospital after serving part of his sentence — but police warn he remains a national security threat. Haroon Aswat, who plotted to set up a terror training camp in Oregon under Abu Hamza, was extradited to the U.S. in 2014 and sentenced to 20 years for supporting a foreign terrorist organization. He later admitted involvement in 9/11 and the July 7 attacks — which killed 52 — but his sentence was reduced to seven years. After returning to the UK in 2022, he was detained under the Mental…