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Undercover Cop Foils IS Plot, Lamborghinis Vanish

How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britains Jews podcast00:00:0000:00:00The Guardians community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh, reports on the plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester, and how it was thwarted by an undercover stingWalid Saadaoui had once worked as a holiday entertainer, organising dance shows and quizzes at a resort in his native Tunisia. After moving to the UK and marrying a British woman, he became a restaurateur and an avid keeper of birds.All the while, however as the Guardians community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh, explains he was hiding a secret: he had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.On Friday, Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were sentenced to life imprisonment after attempting to carry out what could have been one of the deadliest terror attacks in the UK. They had planned a devastating assault on Greater Manchesters Jewish community. Unbeknown to them, the fellow IS supporter involved in their plot known by the codename Farouk was in fact an undercover police officer.Saadaouis younger brother, Bilel Saadaoui, was jailed for six years for failing to disclose information about the plan.Osuh, who has been covering the trial, speaks to Helen Pidd about how the plot was uncovered and the impact it has had on one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. Photograph: Greater Manchester PolicePAExplore more on these topicsAntisemitismToday in FocusUK security and counter-terrorismManchesterIslamic

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