LONDON: Three men in the UK have been convicted of planning terror attacks on mosques and synagogues.
Christopher Ringrose, 34, Marco Pitzettu, 25, and Brogan Stewart, 25, were sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday. They will serve a combined total of 29 years in prison.
The trio were arrested by counterterrorism police after plotting an attack on an Islamic education center in the city of Leeds in 2024.
Officers found they had amassed a cache of more than 200 weapons, including machetes, swords and crossbows. Ringrose had also made parts for a semi-automatic FGC-9 Mk II firearm using a 3D printer, which was close to being completed.
Prosecutor Jonathan Sandiford KC said the three wanted a race war and adhered to “an extreme right-wing Nazi ideology,” and that the firearm would have been “used to devastating consequences.”
