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'Beheading plot': Three terrorism suspects in court | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Three men have appeared in court over an alleged plot to behead a person in the UK. | |
Nadir Ali Sayed, Yousaf Shah Syed and Haseeb Hamayoon were arrested on 6 November in London and High Wycombe. | Nadir Ali Sayed, Yousaf Shah Syed and Haseeb Hamayoon were arrested on 6 November in London and High Wycombe. |
During a preliminary hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, none of them applied for bail and they were remanded in custody. | |
A fourth man, arrested in Uxbridge, west London, was released on Saturday with no further action against him. | A fourth man, arrested in Uxbridge, west London, was released on Saturday with no further action against him. |
Mr Sayed, 21, from Hounslow, Mr Syed, 19, from High Wycombe, and Mr Hamayoon, 27, from Hayes, were arrested three days before Remembrance Sunday. | Mr Sayed, 21, from Hounslow, Mr Syed, 19, from High Wycombe, and Mr Hamayoon, 27, from Hayes, were arrested three days before Remembrance Sunday. |
BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said: "Not a lot of details were made clear within the charges but it's understood to be a plot to behead somebody in the UK." | |
They were charged earlier on Thursday - the 14th and final day that they could be held by police under terrorism legislation. | They were charged earlier on Thursday - the 14th and final day that they could be held by police under terrorism legislation. |
Scotland Yard did not give details of the alleged offences, but said the men had been charged with being "jointly engaged" in preparing for committing acts of terrorism. | Scotland Yard did not give details of the alleged offences, but said the men had been charged with being "jointly engaged" in preparing for committing acts of terrorism. |