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| British bookstall owner charged with soliciting soldiers' murder |
| 2009-12-04 |
| A religious bookstall owner appeared at the Old Bailey today charged with trying to get undercover police officers to kill British soldiers in Afghanistan. Munir Farooqui, 52, who runs Dawa stalls in Manchester and Stockport, was accused of making approaches to two officers. Farooqui, of Victoria Terrace, Longsight, Manchester, is charged with three offences of soliciting murder in July and October. Farooqui, his son Haris, 26, of Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, and Matthew Newton, 27, of Rydal Walk, Stalybridge, Manchester, are also accused of encouraging terrorism. They are alleged to have intended assisting others to commit violent jihad against coalition forces abroad. A fourth man, Israr Malik, 21, of Bowdon Avenue, Fallowfield, Manchester, is charged with intending to commit terrorism, namely violent jihad, between June 2008 and November 17 this year. The defendants appeared by prison videolink and were remanded in custody to next year. They are expected to face trial in the Manchester area in the autumn. |
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