“Dirty Bomb” Planner Returns to Prison After Attack

A man convicted of planning to detonate a radiological “dirty bomb” as part of a string of attacks in the United Kingdom and the United States was returned to his British prison cell Saturday after being hospitalized for injuries he received from fellow prisoners, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, July 17).

Dhiren Barot, 35, was hospitalized July 16 after being doused with boiling oil and water.

Barot was sent back to Frankland Prison in Durham after being treated at Royal Victoria Infirmary in northeast England, police officials said. 

He “lost all hair on his head and he’s got scarring all over his face up to his neck,” according to his lawyer, Mudassar Arani.

Barot is serving at least 30 years in prison for plotting attacks against Heathrow Airport, the New York Stock Exchange and other sites in the two countries.  He could also face trial in the United States (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, July 21).

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