By Duncan Gardham A British jihadi who went to  Syria plotted to launch a major terrorist atrocity after returning to the UK, The Mail on Sunday can reveal today. The Muslim fanatic is suspected of planning a murderous gun and bomb attack in London on the orders of a terrorist ‘mastermind’ he met while in the Middle East. Security sources claim it could have been the most serious terrorist strike since the bombings in London on July 7, 2005, which killed 52 people and injured hundreds more. However, the plot was foiled and the man was detained at gunpoint in the capital.
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Unnamed British man suspected of planning attack on London
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Could have been most serious terror strike since 7/7 bombings
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The man was stopped in time and detained in the capital
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