Four Face Terror Charges In UK

British police have charged four men with terrorism offenses following raids last week in Manchester and near London’s Heathrow airport, an officer says.

Israr Malik, 21, was charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism, namely violent jihad, between June 2008 and November 17 this year, the officer said.

Matthew Newton, 27, Munir Farooqi, 52, and Haris Farooqi, 26, are charged with intending to assist others to commit acts of terrorism, namely violent jihad, between October 2008 and November 17 this year.

“Four men have been charged after an operation by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit that took place on November 16,” the officer said.

Five men were arrested in the pre-dawn raids, which police then described as a “low key” operation, and officers were given seven days to question the men.

The arrests, including one man seized in a hotel near Heathrow, follow a 15-month investigation and were linked to an alleged overseas threat, reports said.

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