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Munir Farooqi, jailed radicaliser, dies at HMP Frankland

Original: 🚨 UK NEWS | A former Taliban fighter who was at the centre of a plot to radicalise men to fight in Afghanistan has died while serving a prison sentence. Munir Farooqi died at HMP Frankland in County Durham on 27 September, the Prisons and Probation Omb

Munir Farooqi, a former Taliban fighter convicted over a plot to radicalise men to travel and fight in Afghanistan, has died while serving his prison sentence. He died at HMP Frankland in County Durham on 27 September, according to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, which will review the death. Farooqi was at the centre of one of the UK's most prominent radicalisation cases, so his death in custody is drawing attention.

Why now: The death of a high-profile terrorism offender in custody has been confirmed by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.

Munir FarooqiHMP FranklandPrisons and Probation OmbudsmanCounty Durham

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• 🚨 UK NEWS | A former Taliban fighter who was at the centre of a plot to radicalise men to fight in Afghanistan has died while serving a prison sentence. Munir Farooqi died at HMP Frankland in County Durham on 27 September, the Prisons and Probation Omb · Facebook

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