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Teen jailed for life after Elton John bomb plotHaroon Syed also considered London's famous Oxford Street as a targetA British Metropolitan Police Service handout of Haroon Ali Syed (AFP)Monday 3 July 2017 19:00 UTCLast update: Monday 3 July 2017 20:35 UTCA British teenager, who planned to attack an Elton John concert in London on the fifteenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, was jailed for life on Monday.Judge Michael Topolski at London's Old Bailey said Haroon Syed, 19, was "committed to carrying out an act of mass murder" as he handed down the life sentence with a minimum 16-year term.Syed, from west London, admitted in April that he was preparing terrorist acts between April and September last year, considering targets such as London shopping destination Oxford Street and John's concert in Hyde Park on the 15th anniversary of the attacks on the United States.Around 50,000 attended the central London concert, which also featured a performance by British ska band Madness.Continued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/teen-jailed-life-after-elton-john-bomb-plot-432544244
