Mohammad Bashir has been sentenced to life in prison for plotting attacks on a UK synagogue and defense academy. Investigation revealed he and accomplice Jihad Al-Shamie had coordinated plans to target both locations.
Mohammad Bashir, 31, received a life sentence for planning and conducting hostile reconnaissance of the UK Defence Academy with Jihad Al-Shamie, who perpetrated a deadly synagogue attack. Bashir was arrested at Manchester Airport in November 2025 upon returning from Pakistan.