Militants plead guilty to terrorist plot to bomb on London Stock Exchange, U.S. Embassy: authorities

Four British nationals inspired by Al Qaeda have plead guilty to plotting an attack on the the U.S. Embassy in London, as well as the London Stock Exchange, authorities said on Wednesday.
The group were also planning to kill the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, The Telegraph reported.
The four men - Mohammed Chowdhury, 21; Shah Rahman, 29; Gurukanth Desai, 30; and Abdul Miah, 25 - were among nine defendants facing trial in London over the alleged terror plot. They were arrested in December 2010.

Five others have plead guilty to other terror charges, the BBC reported. All nine, who initally plead not guity to the terror charges, are expected to be sentenced this week.
The suspects were arrested in London, Cardiff and Stoke-on-Trent in central England, according to The Associated Press. They were part of what British authorities called the largest terror bust in two years.
When the terrorists were nabbed, a "target list" was discovered in their apartment, the Telegraph said. It included the London Stock Exchange, two rabbis and the London Mayor, along with the American Embassy.
The group is believed to have planned to use car bombs to take out their targets, authorities said, and were driven by the preachings of the late Anwar Al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born extremist who was killed in a drone attack last year.
They also got information from the Al Qaeda magazine, Inspire, the Telegraph reported.
The plot was prevented before a firm date could be set for the attacks, according to the BBC.

 

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