Posted on 08/21/2006 5:37:04 PM PDT by blam
Police charge terror suspects
(Filed: 21/08/2006)
Eleven suspects arrested over the alleged airliner bomb plot have been charged as police revealed they have found bomb-making equipment and martyrdom videos.
Police arrested 23 after the discovery of the alleged plot
Ahmed Abdullah Ali, Tanvir Hussain, Umar Islam, Arafat Waheed Khan, Assad Ali Sarwar, Adam Khatib, Ibrahim Savant and Waheed Aman are all charged with conspiracy to murder and with an offence under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006.
Another three suspects have been charged with other offences under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Susan Hemming, head of the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division, said: "We have been carefully examining and assessing the evidence against each individual with the assistance of anti-terrorist officers in order to come to charging decisions at the earliest practicable opportunity."
The decision to charge was taken this morning with the approval of the Director of Public Prosecutions, she added.
Peter Clarke, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, revealed that the police investigation had uncovered bomb making equipment including chemicals and electrical components and so-called martyrdom videos.
Mr Clarke said: "Since August 10 we have found bomb-making equipment. There are chemicals, including hydrogen peroxide, electrical components, documents and other items.
"We have also found a number of video recordings. These are sometimes referred to as martyrdom videos."
Mr Clarke also went into significant detail about the evidence uncovered by police inquiries.
He said: "There have been 69 searches. These have been in houses, flats and business premises, vehicles and open spaces."
Searches had found more than 400 computers, 200 mobile telephones and 8,000 computer media items such as memory sticks, CDs and DVDs, he said.
One woman has been released from custody without charge and 11 other individuals are still in custody under active investigation.
Martyrdom videos.
BumP
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