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London, Feb 9 (IANS) A British court Thursday sentenced nine people, including one of Pakistani origin, for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

Three of the men, who were all members of an Al Qaeda-inspired terror group, received indeterminate sentences for public protection at London’s Woolwich Crown Court, the BBC reported.

These men had planned to raise funds for a terrorist camp in Pakistan and recruit Britons to attend, the court heard.

In sentencing, the judge described all the men — who are British nationals of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin — as Islamic fundamentalists.

The three to receive indeterminate sentences for the terror camp plan were Mohammed Shahjahan, 27, Usman Khan, 20, and Nazam Hussain, 26.

Justice Alan Wilkie in his judgement said the three were “the more serious jihadists” and said they should not be released until they were no longer a threat to the public.

The court heard they planned to establish the terrorist camp on land in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir owned by Usman Khan’s family and encourage a “significant” number of British Muslims to undergo training there.

Shahjahan, of Stoke-on-Trent, was jailed for a minimum term of eight years and 10 months while Khan and Hussain 26, also from Stoke-on-Trent, were ordered to serve at least eight years.

Khan and Hussain planned to travel to the camp and receive military instruction themselves before “obtaining first-hand terrorist experience in Kashmir”, the court heard.