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Suspect held from PIA flight in London identified as terror convict Khalid Baqa
 [GEO.TV] LONDON/KARACHI: The man who was nabbedDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! from PIA flight PK757, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport in London on Tuesday over security concerns, has been identified as Khalid Baqa, Geo News has learnt. A Pakistain International Airlines (PIA) plane flying to Heathrow airport was forced to land at London's Stansted Airport on Tuesday evening over security threats. Reports surfaced that a suspect was taken into custody by the British authorities and shifted to a cop shoppe. Stansted airport front man had said: "The aircraft is likely to continue its journey onwards to Heathrow today pending inquiries that the police are making into the individual on the aircraft." The UK Ministry of Defence said that Typhoon jets had intercepted the aircraft, which had been en route to London´s Heathrow Airport, and escorted it to Stansted. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... the identity of the suspect has now been confirmed as Khalid Baqa, who was apprehended along with his accomplices in 2012 on charges of terrorism. In 2013, Baqa was sentenced to two years in prison in the UK. He was charged with having over 300 CDs in his possession, which had holy warrior material. The CDs seized from him had sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and UndieboomerUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... and beheading scenes. Apart from that, the disks had bomb-making procedures, will of one of the convicts of London blasts and his confessional statement. The CDs also had recorded scenes of the 9/11 attacks. British police said the plane was diverted over a bomb threat. The PIA, however, said the response by British authorities was excessive.
A man from London who was arrested after a passenger flight was escorted by RAF fighter jets to Stansted Airport has been charged with fraud. The Ministry of Defence deployed two Typhoon fighter jets to intercept the Pakistan International Airlines flight on Tuesday afternoon after an anonymous phone call sparked a major security alert. The plane was making its way from Lahore to Heathrow. Police said Khalid Baqa, of Priory Road, Barking, was due to be arrested on arrival at Heathrow but was instead detained at Stansted. The 52-year-old, a UK national, has been charged with committing fraud by false representation and has been bailed to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on February 23. It is not believed he had any involvement in the cause of the diversion. The plane was accompanied by Typhoons to the Essex airport, with photos posted on Twitter showing several fire engines and a number of ambulances waiting on the ground. An airline spokesman said UK authorities had "received some vague security threat through an anonymous phone call". Passenger Naz Amin said the flight landed "in the middle of nowhere" and was quickly surrounded by police. He told LBC Radio: "I realised it was surrounded by police and the police came on the plane about 45 minutes to an hour later and they took a gentleman off the plane. "He wasn't being disruptive at all, he was just sitting down... there was no-one being disruptive on the plane." Essex Police said the incident is "not believed to be a hijack situation or terror matter". Stansted is a designated airport for dealing with hijacks and major security alerts. Incidents are dealt with in a remote part of the airfield to the north west of the terminal building. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-09 |
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