A delivery driver from Luton has been convicted of plotting to kill a US airman outside a base in East Anglia.
Junead Khan, 25, a supporter of so-called Islamic State (IS), was found guilty of preparing terrorist acts. Khan had driven past RAF Lakenheath and other US bases on his delivery route, and had discussed staging a car crash and attacking a soldier with a knife.
He was also convicted of preparing to join IS in Syria. His uncle Shazib Khan was also convicted of the same charge.
In what police called a “chilling message” to a suspected IS member, Junead Khan described how he had missed an opportunity to kill US soldiers on his rounds as a delivery driver. The message said: “When I saw these US soldiers on road it just looked simple but I had nothing on me or would’ve got into an accident with them and made them get out the car.” His contact replied: “That’s what the brother done with Lee Rigby” – referring to the British solider murdered in Woolwich in 2013.