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Ahmed Hassan has been charged in connection with the Parsons Green terrorist attack, Scotland Yard has said.Ahmed Hassan has been charged in connection with the Parsons Green terrorist attack, Scotland Yard has said.
The 18-year-old, who was arrested in Dover on Saturday, will appear before Westminster magistrates court on Friday afternoon. The 18-year-old was stopped by Kent police near the port of Dover last Saturday, a day after the attack on a District Line tube train in west London that left 30 people injured.
He was stopped by Kent police near the port the day after last Friday’s attack on a District Line tube train in west London that left 30 people injured. He is accused of attempting to murder passengers on the tube train and causing an explosion that was likely to kill or maim. Hassan is one of six people to have been arrested in connection with the incident, two of whom have since been released without charge.
He is accused of attempting to murder passengers on the tube train and causing an explosion likely to kill or maim. Hassan appeared at Westminster magistrates court soon after news of the charges were announced on Friday. Wearing a grey jumper, he spoke only to confirm his name, which he gave as Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali, and his date of birth.
He is one of six people to have been arrested in connection with the incident, two of whom have since been released without charge. The prosecutor, Lee Ingham, set out the nature of the allegations against him. “There is already a witness who has given a statement who was mentoring Hassan. He told her that his parents had been killed in Iraq and was worried about being sent back to Iraq and he expressed hatred of the UK government and society.
More details soon … “It is the crown’s case that he intended to kill innocent people because of this warped view.”
He said Hassan was accused of constructing an “improvised explosive device” packed with items, such as knives, to act as shrapnel. The deputy chief magistrate, Tan Ikram, sent the case to the Old Bailey for trial, where the first hearing was set for 13 October.