Three charged for plot to murder Brown.
August 29, 2008
According to reports by The Telegraph, three British Muslims were charged for threatening to murder Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
A plot to assassinate Gordon Brown was foiled in time to prevent any harm. Ishaq Kanmi, a 22 year old youth, from Blackburn, Lancashire has been charged with soliciting murder and belonging to, or claiming to belong to Al Qaeda. The report goes on to mention that he is also facing charges for;
“inviting support for a proscribed organization and for disseminating terrorist publications.”
Abbas Iqbal, a 23 year old youth who is also from Blackburn, is charged with disseminating terrorist publications and also possession of an article for the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.
The third person to be charged for the same offence is Ilyas Iqbal a 21 year old youth. He is also charged for making a record of information likely to be useful by a person committing an act of terrorism
Two of the arrested men were preparing to leave the country at Manchester Airport when the arrest took place on 14th of August, while the third was arrested at work in Accrington, Lancashire.
A fourth was arrested on Tuesday morning in Blackburn. A fifth arrest is currently on the cards.
The timely culmination of an operation led by the Lancashire police, supported by officers from the Greater Manchester Police Counter Terrorism Unit led to the arrests, thus preventing the suspects from fleeing the country.
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