'Lone wolf' who planned mosque attack gets life

A ‘LONE wolf’ terrorist who planned to attack a mosque and a bookshop in Birmingham has been handed a life sentence.

- JASBIR AUTHI

Jason Savage converted to Islam in the 2010s and followed an extreme and violent interpretation of the Salafi movement.

The 35-year-old targeted a Salafi cleric associated with a Small Heath mosque and bookstore because the target was an outspoken critic of Islamist terrorism and extremism.

Video issued by West Midlands Police showed Savage on a reconnaissance mission three days before his arrest.

In the footage, he walked around the location of the mosque and bookstore, discussing points of entry, the routes the police would likely attend from and escape routes.