Aspie student charged with planting bomb on London Tube

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A computing student with a keen interest in weapons planted a homemade bomb filled with ball-bearings on the London underground, causing a major security alert last October, a jury has heard.

The court heard that Damon Smith had an interest in Islam, guns and gambling, and collected pictures of extremists including the alleged mastermind of the 2015 Paris terror attacks.

After he was arrested, Smith, 20, who has Asperger’s syndrome, said the device was intended to work as a smoke bomb and had been left as a prank for “a bit of fun”. The prosecution said the device, which had partially detonated, had been designed to endanger lives.

Smith, who was 19 at the time of the incident, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with possession of an explosive substance with intent, contrary to the Explosive Substances Act 1883. Smith, who wore a navy suit and tie in the dock, denies the charge but has admitted the lesser offence of perpetrating a bomb hoax.

Glad nobody got hurt. What an awful person.

So was this a terrorist attack?