How a vital tip-off from the Muslim community saved City's shoppers from a deadly terror plot.

(From Western Daily Press)

The story of Isa Ibrahim is full of "what ifs"? But the most chilling of all, is: what if he had not been caught? Would he have succeeded in blowing himself up, killing and maiming innocent people? Senior police officers fear he may not have been stopped if it was not for a vital tip-off from an anonymous member of Bristol's Muslim community.

People who had spoken to Ibrahim last spring became deeply concerned about his radical views and pro- terrorist rhetoric.

Deputy head of Avon and Somerset police's CID, Detective Superintendent Nigel Rock, said: "He was pretty much unknown. All of Bristol should be grateful to the …