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(JEWISH GROUP) Jewish community praises police for foiling gun plot
Jewish leaders have praised the work of police and an undercover operative who helped foil a gun attack to cause "untold harm" to the community.
Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were found guilty at Preston Crown Court after arranging for guns to be smuggled into the UK as part of an "ISIS-inspired plot".
They were caught by revealing plans to a third man, known to them as Farouk, who they thought shared their extremist views but was an undercover operative.
Raphi Bloom, of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester, thanked Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and the security services after the pair's conviction for "tireless work... to keep our community safe".
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