St Paul's bomb plot: IS supporter Safiyya Shaikh pleads guilty - BBC News

A supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul's Cathedral.

Safiyya Shaikh, of Hayes, west London, went on a reconnaissance trip to scope out the London landmark and a hotel.

The 36-year-old was arrested after asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs.

At the Old Bailey she admitted preparing an act of terrorism and will be sentenced in May.

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