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01/05/2013
EDL Bomb Plotters Plead Guilty
Six men from the West Midlands have pleaded guilty to planning an attack on an English Defence League (EDK) rally using guns, knives and an explosive device made from a firework.
Omar Khan, Zohaib Ahmed, Mohammed Hasseen, Mohammed Saud, Anzal Hussain, and Jewel Uddin, all in their 20s, will be sentenced on 6 and 7 June.
Five of the men, four from Birmingham and one from Smethwick, admitted travelling with weapons to Dewsbury last June, where an EDL demonstration was being held.
The sixth man, also from Birmingham, did not travel but has admitted engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism.
The attack was not carried out because the rally finished early due to a lack of public speakers for the EDL, which is a far-right group that protests against what it calls "Islamic extremism".
Police say the attack could have resulted in multiple casualties and deaths.
Hasseen, the defendant who who did not travel to the rally, pleaded guilty to possessing documents likely to be of use to a person preparing or committing an act of terrorism. This related to a document detailing how to make a pipe bomb.
Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale from West Midlands Police said: "We acted quickly to identify, locate and detain all these dangerous men as soon as possible.
"A lot of people would have been at risk of very serious injury or even loss of life had the attack been carried out."
Police uncovered the bomb plot when they were driving on the M1 and a police officer pulled them over to check on the condition of their car.
The car appeared to have no insurance, so it was immediately seized and loaded onto a recovery vehicle.
(IT/CD)
Omar Khan, Zohaib Ahmed, Mohammed Hasseen, Mohammed Saud, Anzal Hussain, and Jewel Uddin, all in their 20s, will be sentenced on 6 and 7 June.
Five of the men, four from Birmingham and one from Smethwick, admitted travelling with weapons to Dewsbury last June, where an EDL demonstration was being held.
The sixth man, also from Birmingham, did not travel but has admitted engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism.
The attack was not carried out because the rally finished early due to a lack of public speakers for the EDL, which is a far-right group that protests against what it calls "Islamic extremism".
Police say the attack could have resulted in multiple casualties and deaths.
Hasseen, the defendant who who did not travel to the rally, pleaded guilty to possessing documents likely to be of use to a person preparing or committing an act of terrorism. This related to a document detailing how to make a pipe bomb.
Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale from West Midlands Police said: "We acted quickly to identify, locate and detain all these dangerous men as soon as possible.
"A lot of people would have been at risk of very serious injury or even loss of life had the attack been carried out."
Police uncovered the bomb plot when they were driving on the M1 and a police officer pulled them over to check on the condition of their car.
The car appeared to have no insurance, so it was immediately seized and loaded onto a recovery vehicle.
(IT/CD)
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