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13/04/2005
Britons face US terror charges
The US has accused three British men of plotting terror attacks on financial institutions in three major US cities.
The three men, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohammed and Qaisar Shaffi, are currently in British custody facing charges of plotting to use radioactive material, chemical weapons or explosives to carry out attacks. They were arrested in London during a series of anti-terror raids last August.
The US Department of Justice has alleged that between 2000 and 2001 the men carried out surveillance of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, the Prudential Insurance Plaza in Newark, New Jersey and the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup buildings in Manhattan.
US authorities were forced to tighten security around the buildings following the discovery of the alleged plot.
Mr Barot, Mr Tarmohammed and Mr Shaffi are due to stand trial in Britain next year. It has been reported that the US will seek to extradite the trio. The charges against the three men carry the possibility of life sentences in the US.
(KMcA/GB)
The three men, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohammed and Qaisar Shaffi, are currently in British custody facing charges of plotting to use radioactive material, chemical weapons or explosives to carry out attacks. They were arrested in London during a series of anti-terror raids last August.
The US Department of Justice has alleged that between 2000 and 2001 the men carried out surveillance of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, the Prudential Insurance Plaza in Newark, New Jersey and the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup buildings in Manhattan.
US authorities were forced to tighten security around the buildings following the discovery of the alleged plot.
Mr Barot, Mr Tarmohammed and Mr Shaffi are due to stand trial in Britain next year. It has been reported that the US will seek to extradite the trio. The charges against the three men carry the possibility of life sentences in the US.
(KMcA/GB)
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