Chris Osu
Community affairs correspondent at The Guardian based in Manchester, reporting on local crimes and security, and provided the detailed account of the foiled IS plot in this episode.
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Feb 16, 2026 • 32min
How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain’s Jews
Chris Osu, The Guardian’s community affairs correspondent in Manchester, outlines how two Tunisia-born men living in the UK plotted an assault on Jewish sites. He traces their hidden radicalisation, online recruitment, an undercover operative’s infiltration, reconnaissance and weapons plans, and the dramatic sting and arrests that stopped a planned massacre.
