One of the terror suspects arrested last week in Birmingham has been charged with plotting to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
The head of the CPS counter terrorism division, Sue Hemming, told a press conference at West Midlands police headquarters that Parviz Khan and four other men, who were detained in Birmingham on January 31, had been charged with various offences under the Terrorism Act.
Khan, who was named in papers released after the news conference, is accused of engaging in conduct "to give effect to his intention to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces" between November 1 last year and the time of his arrest last week.
Khan and the other men, named as Mohammed Irfan, 30, Zahoor Iqbal, 29, Hamid Elasmar, 43, and Amjad Mahmood, 31, are due to appear before magistrates in central London today.
Three of the nine men arrested on January 31 have been released without charge while another man remains in custody at Coventry’s Chace Avenue police station.
Khan is also accused of two other offences contrary to the Terrorism Act, including an allegation that he attempted to supply equipment for use in committing acts of terrorism.
A further charge alleges that he became concerned in an arrangement through which money or other property was made available or was to be made available for the purposes of terrorism.
Ms Hemming said: "One has been charged with an offence of engaging in conduct to give effect to his intention to kidnap and kill a member of the Armed Forces contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He has also been charged with another Section 5 offence of engaging in conduct to give effect to his intention to supply equipment to others for use in acts of terrorism.
"Additionally, he faces a third charge of entering into or becoming concerned in a funding arrangement whereby money or other property was to be made available to another and he knew or had reasonable cause to suspect that it would be or may be used for the purposes of terrorism.
"Four other individuals have been charged with a second Section 5 offence and the funding arrangement. One of those four individuals has also been charged with failing to disclose information of material assistance in preventing an act of terrorism."
