US EditionAl Qaida terrorist who is 'national security risk' set for release in West Yorkshire
- Haroon Aswat, now 50, is expected to be released from a UK hospital soon and return to his family in Yorkshire.
- Aswat helped establish a terrorist training camp in the US in the 1990s and has links to al-Qaeda and the 7/7 bombings.
- Aswat was jailed in 2015 in New York for terror-related offenses, then deported to the UK in 2022 before being detained in a hospital.
- Aswat stated 'I am a terrorist,' and a psychiatrist warned of Islamic extremism risk and the potential to influence vulnerable individuals.
- Despite police deeming him a national security risk, a formal terrorist risk assessment has not been carried out since his return to the UK.
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