Excellent police work in Birmingham clamped down on eight fresh jihadists and thwarted terror plans that would have killed and maimed innocent people, in the wake of the Manchester bombings that had left 22 dead and many more injured.
The eight were tried and convicted at the Birmingham Crown Court for their potential links with terror activities.
Birmingham has been called the terror capital of the country, being home to 26 out of the 269 known jihadis in the UK.
Zahid Hussain, 29, was found guilty of preparing for an act of terrorism found making a pressure cooker bomb at his home in Alum Rock. He had filled the appliance with shrapnel and made "improvised igniters" from the festive decorations.
Another terrorist, Hussain of Naseby Drive, was found in possession of text books detailing guerilla warfare and hand-written notes containing bomb-making instruction, but his conviction will be coming in later.
In previous incidents, the police and security services were able to identify and pull out other jihadis like Humza Ali, 20 who tried to fly out to Turkey in 2015 but was turned back . He had trained for terrorist combat at a paint-balling centre in Hockley Heath, Solihull.
Ali Ahmed, 27 from Coventry Road was jailed for eight years for his part in handling £3,000 to bombing suspect Mohamed Abrini in Small Heath Park.
The same year, two 22-year-olds Yusuf Sarwar, a Birmingham City University student and unemployed Mohammed Ahmed, had pleaded guilty to terror charges on the first day of their trial.
The security services had also sniffed out Junaid Hussain, an ISIS propagandist and Daesh propagandist but both were killed in a conflict zone.
In 2013, the ringleader Irfan Naseer was arrested and jailed for life and had to serve at least 18 years before being considered for release. Naseer, then 31, from Sparkhill had sent four young men to Pakistan for terrorism training.
The police and security services have a huge responsibility, especially after the Westminster and Manchester terror attacks, and the Birmingham police is tracking down the most lethal terrorists in order to ensure the safety of innocent citizens.
