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| Two brothers face terror charges | Two brothers face terror charges |
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| Two brothers have been charged following a series of anti-terror raids in south-east England. | Two brothers have been charged following a series of anti-terror raids in south-east England. |
| Yassin Mutegombwa, 22, of Upper Norwood, London, is charged with three counts of receiving terrorism training. | Yassin Mutegombwa, 22, of Upper Norwood, London, is charged with three counts of receiving terrorism training. |
| Police allege he was trained in the use of weapons in woodland near a caravan and campsite in Hampshire, and at another location in Berkshire. | Police allege he was trained in the use of weapons in woodland near a caravan and campsite in Hampshire, and at another location in Berkshire. |
| Hassan Mutegombwa, 20, also of Upper Norwood, is charged with one count of procuring funds for terrorism. | Hassan Mutegombwa, 20, also of Upper Norwood, is charged with one count of procuring funds for terrorism. |
| Islamic school | Islamic school |
| The overnight raids staged on 1 September, which saw arrests at a Chinese restaurant in the Borough area of south London, were targeted at alleged terrorist recruiters, Scotland Yard has said. | The overnight raids staged on 1 September, which saw arrests at a Chinese restaurant in the Borough area of south London, were targeted at alleged terrorist recruiters, Scotland Yard has said. |
| Anti-terrorism officers also swooped on the Jameah Islamiyah Secondary School in Mark Cross, near Crowborough, East Sussex, which they continue to search. | Anti-terrorism officers also swooped on the Jameah Islamiyah Secondary School in Mark Cross, near Crowborough, East Sussex, which they continue to search. |
| Sussex Police said investigations at the school could take weeks but that no arrests had been made there. | Sussex Police said investigations at the school could take weeks but that no arrests had been made there. |
| The school was set up in 2003 as an Islamic teaching facility for boys aged between 11 and 16, according to Ofsted inspectors. | The school was set up in 2003 as an Islamic teaching facility for boys aged between 11 and 16, according to Ofsted inspectors. |
| Legal history | Legal history |
| BBC home affairs correspondent Margaret Gilmore says the charging of one of the men has made legal history. | BBC home affairs correspondent Margaret Gilmore says the charging of one of the men has made legal history. |
| "One of the men has been accused of funding terrorism under a law which has been used before but the second man is accused for the first time under a specific part of the Terrorism Act 2006 with receiving training for the purposes of terrorism." | "One of the men has been accused of funding terrorism under a law which has been used before but the second man is accused for the first time under a specific part of the Terrorism Act 2006 with receiving training for the purposes of terrorism." |
| The two men were charged at Paddington Green high security police station in London and will appear in court on Tuesday. | The two men were charged at Paddington Green high security police station in London and will appear in court on Tuesday. |
| The Metropolitan Police have been granted a warrant for the further detention until Wednesday of another man arrested in the raids. | |
| A total of 14 arrests were made in the operation, 12 of them at the restaurant, and two people have since been released. | A total of 14 arrests were made in the operation, 12 of them at the restaurant, and two people have since been released. |
| Among those being held is Abu Abdullah who is a former associate of the radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza. | Among those being held is Abu Abdullah who is a former associate of the radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza. |
| Police said the arrests were not connected to the alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners or the Tube and bus attacks in London on 7 July last year. | Police said the arrests were not connected to the alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners or the Tube and bus attacks in London on 7 July last year. |