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Edward Little, 22, who converted while serving time in jail as a teenager, identified the funeral as a possible target the day before it was due to be held at Westminster Abbey in September last year.
As a free man, he discussed plans to get hold of a Mac-10 submachine gun and an AK-47 rifle after discussing the plot with other extremists in encrypted chats on a messaging platform.
The British-born Muslim convert told them: 'I don't think has been an attack in the UK with guns so a semi-automatic rifle would send an even stronger message.'
But Little decided he was 'too late' to act and instead opted to target a controversial Christian preacher – who often debates Islam and the Koran – at Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park.
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British-born Islam convert Edward Little planned to target the Queen's funeral, a court heard
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Homegrown terrorist who converted to Islam in prison 'plotted attack on the Queen's funeral using an AK-47 and Mac-10 submachine gun to send a strong message' but ran out of time to act, court hears
- Edward Little, 22 considered launching a mass shooting at Queen's funeral
- Muslim convert decided instead to target a controversial Christian preacher
Edward Little, 22, who converted while serving time in jail as a teenager, identified the funeral as a possible target the day before it was due to be held at Westminster Abbey in September last year.
As a free man, he discussed plans to get hold of a Mac-10 submachine gun and an AK-47 rifle after discussing the plot with other extremists in encrypted chats on a messaging platform.
The British-born Muslim convert told them: 'I don't think has been an attack in the UK with guns so a semi-automatic rifle would send an even stronger message.'
But Little decided he was 'too late' to act and instead opted to target a controversial Christian preacher – who often debates Islam and the Koran – at Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park.
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British-born Islam convert Edward Little planned to target the Queen's funeral, a court heard
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