A TikTok user from Birmingham with more than 27,000 followers has gone on trial accused of having a bomb-making video on his phone. A court heard the video showed how to make an improvised explosive which had been used in previous terrorist attacks in the UK.
Jurors were told Adam Mahmood from Birmingham had a video showing how a Hamas rocket is made. Mahmood, 20, of Platt Brook Way in Sheldon, denies a single count of possessing a recording likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, in April 2024.
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Source: ITV News
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