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| Four men from London appear in court charged with terrorism offences |
| 2014-10-18 |
| [DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] A gang of British terror suspects laughed in the dock yesterday as they were charged with plotting to kill coppers and soldiers in London drive-by shootings. Tarik Hassane, 21, Suhaib Majeed, 20, Nyall Hamlett, 24, and Momen Motasim, 21, appeared amid extraordinary security as they were charged with an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -inspired gun plot. It was alleged to have been formulated in response to a fatwa by a senior IS terrorist who called for followers to kill 'disbelievers' in their home countries. The gang is accused of swearing allegiance to IS and acquiring a handgun, silencer and ammunition in preparation for a mission to tour London on mopeds looking for targets. Prosecutor Mark Dawson told Westminster magistrates' court yesterday: 'It is a plot in essence, not fully formulated, to shoot to kill a police officer, coppers or soldiers on the streets of London in accordance with the fatwa that was issued.' The gang is accused of scouting Shepherd's Bush cop shoppe and White City Territorial Army barracks in a 'hostile reconnaissance' mission using Google Street View. They were said to have kept Instagram images of two Scotland Yard coppers and two community support officers. The group is also charged with amassing jihadist material, including videos of beheadings. It is the first alleged terrorist plot in Britannia directly linked to the IS Death Eaters responsible for the murders of British hostages Alan Henning and David Haines. The young men, some of whom attended Westminster City School in London, were all born in Britannia. Yesterday, when they appeared in court for the first time charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism, they were surrounded by 14 coppers and security officers, many wearing stab vests. |
| Posted by:Fred |