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Man charged with terrorism offences after hospital evacuated over suspicious package

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A 27-year-old man has been charged with offences relating to preparing a terror attack after an incident at a major hospital that saw patients evacuated and a bomb squad called in.

Mohammad Farooq, 27, of Roundhay in Leeds, has been charged with a litany of terrorism, explosive and firearm offences following the incident at St James's Hospital in Leeds on Friday January 20.

The Mirror reports that Farooq has been remanded in custody and is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Friday via video link.

The BBC reports that a 27-year-old man was originally arrested in connection with explosive and firearm offences but was later re-arrested under the Terrorism Act.

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