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Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, has been remanded in custody at Westminster magistrates court accused of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May in a bomb and knife attack on Downing Street. A man has appeared in court charged with a terror plot to carry out an attack at 10 Downing Street and kill the prime minister.
More details soon … Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, was accused of planning the bomb and knife attack in Westminster earlier this year.
Rahman was also charged with helping Mohammad Aqib Imran, 21, who in turn was accused of trying to leave the UK to join the Islamic State group.
Each man was charged with one count of planning acts of terrorism, while Rahman was charged with a further count of assisting Imran.
They appeared in the dock in the central London court on Wednesday and spoke only to confirm their name, age, address and nationality. Imran, a British-Pakistani, wore a grey sweatshirt and pants and had dark, curly hair and a beard. Rahman, who said he was Bangladeshi-British, wore similar clothing and had long, straight, dark hair.
They were arrested in raids by the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command in London and Birmingham on 28 November.
Neither man was granted bail. The case was sent to the Old Bailey, where the next hearing will be on 20 December.