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Members of a group accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes mid-air as they crossed the Atlantic made Islamic martyrdom videos, a court has heard. | Members of a group accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes mid-air as they crossed the Atlantic made Islamic martyrdom videos, a court has heard. |
Two of the eight men recorded the videos, which were found by police in a car in Walthamstow, east London, in August 2006, jurors were told. | Two of the eight men recorded the videos, which were found by police in a car in Walthamstow, east London, in August 2006, jurors were told. |
They were contemplating violent deaths in the name of Islam, prosecutors said. | They were contemplating violent deaths in the name of Islam, prosecutors said. |
All eight men deny conspiring to murder others and endangering aircraft bound for the US and Canada in 2006. | All eight men deny conspiring to murder others and endangering aircraft bound for the US and Canada in 2006. |
After their arrests in August that year, passengers were banned from carrying most liquids on board aircraft. | After their arrests in August that year, passengers were banned from carrying most liquids on board aircraft. |
The jury at Woolwich Crown Court was shown a still taken from one video, which prosecutors said featured defendant Umar Islam wearing a headscarf in front of a black flag. | |
Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said the recordings "were significant" because they showed the men "contemplated losing their lives in some violent act", which would be a "perceived act of martyrdom in the name of Islam". |