11 in court in relation to 'airline plot'
Eleven people, including a young mother of an eight-month-old baby and a 17-year-old youth, will appear in court today over the alleged UK airliner bomb plot.
They will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court.
Scotland Yard has until tomorrow to question 11 other suspects.
Yesterday Scotland Yard’s terror chief revealed dramatic details of the massive investigation, including confirmation that officers had uncovered bomb-making equipment.
Charges against the 17-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleged he had a book on bombs, suicide notes and the wills of people prepared to commit acts of terror.
The 23-year-old mother with an address in east London is charged with failing to disclose information which may have helped prevent her husband allegedly committing terrorism.
He was one of eight charged with conspiracy to murder and a new offence of preparing acts of terrorism, under laws which only came into effect earlier this year.
For the first time, head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist branch Peter Clarke yesterday revealed details of the “immense” investigation and warned the terror threat was still “deadly and enduring”.
He disclosed that police had seized bomb-making equipment since the arrests on August 10 including chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, electrical components and documents.
There was “highly significant” video and audio surveillance of the alleged plotters, he said.
Officers had also recovered a number of martyrdom videos, 400 computers, 200 mobile telephones and 8,000 computer media items such as DVDs and memory sticks.
However, he said at a central London press conference: “The investigation is far from complete. The scale is immense. Inquiries will span the globe."
So far there had been 69 searches in houses, flats and business premises, vehicles and open spaces, he said.
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