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Pair remanded over terror charges | |
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Two London men charged with inciting other people to commit an act of terrorism "wholly or partly outside the UK" have been remanded in custody. | |
Faiz Baluch, 25, of Wembley, and Hyrbyair Marri, 39, of Ealing, were charged under the Terrorism Act 2000. | Faiz Baluch, 25, of Wembley, and Hyrbyair Marri, 39, of Ealing, were charged under the Terrorism Act 2000. |
The pair, due to appear at the Old Bailey on 21 December, said they were peaceful activists for the independence of Pakistan's Balochistan province. | |
Campaigner Peter Tatchell was among supporters in the public gallery. | |
'Noxious liquid' | |
They will appear at the Old Bailey on 21 December for a preliminary hearing. | |
Both are alleged members of the Balochistan Liberation Army, which was banned by the then home secretary John Reid in 2006. | |
The men were arrested by officers of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command at addresses in north-west and west London on 4 December, and remanded following a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court. | |
Mark Topping, prosecuting, alleged that that Mr Baluch - an Iranian student who lives in Wembley, north west London - searched for torpedoes, explosives and remote controls with which to detonate them on his computer. | |
Mr Baluch claimed asylum in the UK in 2002. | |
The prosecution added that "incriminating evidence" was found on a computer belonging to Mr Marri, a journalist from Pakistan, and that £4,000 in cash and CS gas canisters were discovered at his home. | |
He is charged with having "a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing", police said. | |
The court was told that father of four Mr Marri was formerly an elected member of Balochistan's regional assembly. | |
Balochistan borders Afghanistan and Iran in the south west of Pakistan. In 2006, clashes between rebels and government forces in the province killed 145. |