Two terrorism suspects due in London court

Two men were due in a London court today charged in relation to the suspected recruitment and training of terrorists.

Two men were due in a London court today charged in relation to the suspected recruitment and training of terrorists.

Mohamed Hamid (48) faces 12 charges, most of which relate accusations he had encouraged others to commit murder or acts of terrorism in statements or during meetings.

Some of the charges state he had solicited the murder of people "who do not implement Allah's law" while another said he encouraged the killing of British or US citizens.

He is also accused of providing weapons training and instruction in other terrorism methods.

Kibley Da Costa (23) faces three charges, one of providing terror training and two of attending terrorism training camps near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and near a farm in Berkshire, west of London.

Both are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London. The men are the last to be charged after police seized 14 suspects in raids across south London at the beginning of September, with 12 individuals arrested in a Chinese restaurant.

Ten others have already been charged while two were later released. Detectives are continuing to search the Jameah Islamiyah School, an independent establishment for Muslim boys in southern England.

The raids came three weeks after British police said they had thwarted a plot to bring down US-bound airliners over the Atlantic. However, police have said the south London arrests were not linked to that suspected plot.

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