Four British extremists inspired by a former al Qaeda leader admitted in court on Wednesday to plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2010. The men belonged to a group of fundamentalists who plotted a spate of mail bomb attacks during the run-up to Christmas that year and discussed launching a “Mumbai-style” atrocity, Woolwich Crown Court in London heard. Mohammed Chowdhury, 21, and Shah Rahman, 28, both from London, admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange. Brothers Gurukanth Desai, 30, and Abdul Miah, 25, both from Cardiff in Wales, admitted the same count.
Five others, four from the central city of Stoke and another from Cardiff in Wales, also admitted involvement in the group. Police seized a hand-written target list that included the mayor of London, two rabbis and the US embassy during the arrests. Although they were not members of al Qaeda, prosecutors said they were inspired by the terror network and specifically Anwar al-Awlaqi, a suspected leader of the group in Yemen who was killed in September in what is thought to have been a US drone strike. The nine defendants “were implementing the published strategy of AQAP” (al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group’s deadliest global branch), said prosecution lawyer Andrew Edis. The group, who met because of their membership of various extremist groups, had originally challenged the charges against them and were due to stand trial, but at the 11th hour they changed their pleas to guilty. They will be sentenced next week.
Terrorists and terrorism is everywhere. One way of curbing these radicals would be to put an end to their making of explosives and bombs. Improvised explosive devices are the new means of terrorists these days to spread chaos.
I agree that as long as these terrorists can easily manufacture improvised devices, there will be the presence of a continuous threat.
Terrorists are now using improvised explosive devices. The use of which is killing many innocent people.
Whole world should combine and help us in fighting against terrorism and the use of improvised explosive devices by the terrorists.
Just wondering what our government is doing to stop the production of improvised explosive devices?
Terrorists do not need any more funding for their weapons because they have come up with their own called “improvised explosive devices”. I request our government to take solid measures to ensure the production of these dangerous devices is put to an end.
Latest robot system to be introduced to locate and deactivate explosive materials (improvised explosive devices).
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