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| Three men questioned over an alleged threat to assassinate Gordon Brown have been charged with terror offences, Lancashire Police have said. | Three men questioned over an alleged threat to assassinate Gordon Brown have been charged with terror offences, Lancashire Police have said. |
| Ishaq Kanmi, 22, of Blackburn, was charged with soliciting murder, and three other charges. | Ishaq Kanmi, 22, of Blackburn, was charged with soliciting murder, and three other charges. |
| Abbas Iqbal, 23, and Ilyas Iqbal, 21, each face two charges of possessing and disseminating terrorist material. | Abbas Iqbal, 23, and Ilyas Iqbal, 21, each face two charges of possessing and disseminating terrorist material. |
| The arrests were a joint operation between Lancashire Police and Greater Manchester Counter Terrorism Unit. | The arrests were a joint operation between Lancashire Police and Greater Manchester Counter Terrorism Unit. |
| Ishaq Kanmi, of Cromwell Street, also faces charges of belonging or professing to belong to al Qaeda, inviting support for al Qaeda, and dissemination of terrorist publications. | |
| Brothers Abbas Iqbal and Ilyas Iqbal, both of Percival Street, Blackburn, are both charged with possession of an article in circumstances which give rise to a reasonable suspicion that possession is for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism. | |
| Abbas Iqbal is also charged with dissemination of terrorist publications. | |
| Ilyas Iqbal is also charged with collecting or making a record of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. | |
| The men were arrested at Manchester Airport and in Accrington, Lancashire on 14 August. | |
| All three are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday. | |
| It is understood no actual plot was in place but that officers discovered a written threat on an extremist jihadi website earlier this year. | |
| A fourth man, arrested on Tuesday in Blackburn and a fifth man arrested in Derby the same day, remain in custody. | A fourth man, arrested on Tuesday in Blackburn and a fifth man arrested in Derby the same day, remain in custody. |
| On Wednesday, Lancashire Constabulary and Greater Manchester Police were granted an additional seven days to question them. | On Wednesday, Lancashire Constabulary and Greater Manchester Police were granted an additional seven days to question them. |