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Radical Islamists sentenced over planned London attacks
Feb 9, 2012, 18:10 GMT
London - Nine British Muslims who pleaded guilty to planning a major terrorist attack on key London landmarks in 2010 were Thursday given prison terms of between five and 16 years.
Their plan to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange (LSE), as well as targeting key landmarks such as Big Ben and the London Eye ferris wheel, was foiled by the police and security services who had kept them under close observation, the court heard.
The men, who were all British nationals of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin, were alleged to have been followers of Anwar Al-Awlaki, the radical extremist killed in a US drone attack in Yemen in September, 2011.
Four of the men, Mohammed Chowdhury, Shah Rahman, Gurukanth Desai and Abdul Miah, were given prison terms of between 12 and 16 years. Five others, who pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the plot, received prison terms of between five and eight years.
All men pleaded guilty on the eve of their trial at Woolwich Crown Court in London.
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