An terror plot to assassinate British Prime Minister Theresa May by detonating an explosive device to storm into her Downing Street office has been foiled after the arrest of a Pakistani-origin man and a British- Bangladeshi.
Two men, 20-year-old Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman and 21- year-old Mohammed Aqib Imran, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London charged with terror offences following their arrest by counter-terrorism officers on November 28.
They have been remanded in custody to appear before the Old Bailey court in the city on December 20. At a brief hearing, the court was told that British Bangladeshi Rahman had “planned to detonate” a bomb at Downing Street gates and in the ensuing chaos try to kill May with a knife. He is charged with the preparation of terrorist acts and is also charged with assisting another man, his co-defendant Imran, to prepare separate acts of terrorism. He was allegedly carrying two potential improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the time of his arrest in London.
His terror plot reportedly involved rushing into 10 Downing Street armed with a suicide vest, pepper spray and knife.
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