Six British terror suspects due to appear in court

Six men were set to appear in a British court on Thursday in connection with an investigation targeting an alleged terror recruitment network, police said.

They were among 14 arrested across London in overnight raids on September 1, including at a Chinese restaurant.

The six were charged on Wednesday, bringing the total number of suspects charged in connection with the investigation to 10. Two others have been released without charge, while the remaining two remain in police custody.

Under British anti-terror laws, suspects can be detained by police for up to 28 days without being charged, subject to regular court approval.

The six will appear before the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Muhammad Al-Figari, 42, from Tottenham, north London, was hit with two charges of receiving "instruction or training ... connected with the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism" and another charge of possessing "a record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing an act of terrorism".

Kadar Ahmed, 19, and a 17-year-old male, who cannot be named because of his age, both from south London, were charged with three counts of receiving training connected with the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism.

The 17-year-old also faced one charge of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing an act of terrorism.

Atilla Ahmet, 42, from south London, was charged with four counts of soliciting or encouraging people at a meeting to murder others, two counts of publishing a statement with the intention of encouraging people to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism, and two counts of holding information likely to be useful to a person committing an act of terrorism.

Moussa Brown, 40, from Walthamstow, east London is charged with two counts of providing "instruction or training in the making or use of firearms".

Saloum Joh, 21, from south London, was charged with possession of a prohibited firearm.

Four other men, including two brothers, were remanded in custody on Tuesday after appearing in court over the inquiry.

The Metropolitan Police said following the arrests that they were not linked to the arrest of more than two dozen people on August 10 over an alleged plot to blow-up transatlantic aircraft, nor to last year's suicide bomb attacks in London.

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