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Three Pakistan-origin Muslims were on Monday sentenced to life for plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up trans-Atlantic flights with liquid bombs. The Woolwich Crown court in southeast London sentenced British- born Abdulla Ahmed Ali (28), Tanvir Hussain (28) and Assad Sarwar (29) to life imprisonment, saying the plot hatched by them was atrocity comparable with the 9/11 attacks. Judge Henriques said the plot was the most grave and wicked conspiracy ever proven within this jurisdiction as he passed the verdict sentencing ringleader Ali to life imprisonment with a minimum 40-year term. Fellow plotters Sarwar and Hussain were also given life sentences. Sarwar was told he would serve a minimum of 36 years. Hussain will serve a minimum of 32 years in jail. During the last hearing, the court freed Ibrahim Sawant, Arfat, Waheed Khan and Waheed Zamaan when found no evidence against them. The accused were plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up trans-Atlantic flights with liquid bombs.
