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Four men from south London have been charged following a series of police raids which targeted an alleged network of terrorist recruiters. | |
One of them, Yassin Mutegombwa, 22, is accused of receiving training in the use of weapons in woodland in Hampshire and at a location in Berkshire. | |
Three other men were charged with other terrorism offences. | |
All were held during a series of night raids in London on 1 September, including at a Chinese restaurant. | |
Mr Mutegombwa, of Upper Norwood, is charged with three counts of receiving terrorism training. | |
His brother Hassan Mutegombwa, 20, also of Upper Norwood, is charged with one count of procuring funds for terrorism. | |
Firearm | |
Musa Akmet, 47, of Eltham, is charged with having information useful to a person committing an act of terrorism, as well as possession of a firearm, under the Firearms Act. | |
And Mustafa Abdullah, 24, of Stockwell, is charged with having information useful to a person committing an act of terrorism. | |
The raids in London led to 14 arrests, including 12 at the restaurant in Borough, although two people have been released. | |
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 men will appear in court on Tuesday. | |
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. |