Sixth man in court over plot to kill UK soldier

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LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) A man arrested in connection with a suspected plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier appeared in a London court today Basiru Gazzama, 29, was charged at Westminster Magistrates Court with failing to disclose information that could prevent an act of terrorism.

He is the sixth man to be charged with terrorism offences following dawn police raids in the central city of Birmingham last week.

District Judge Timothy Workman refused an application for bail and remanded Gazzama in custody until a further hearing on February 15.

During the 40-minute hearing Gazzama spoke only to confirm his name and to say that he understood the judge's ruling.

Five other men arrested with Gazzama in the Birmingham raids were remanded in custody at the same court yesterday.

Police have released without charge three other men who were arrested in the same operation.

A defence source said last week that the intended target of the suspected plot was a Muslim soldier.

Media reports have said the plan was to copy tactics used by militants in Iraq by videoing the killing, and posting it on the Internet.

The arrests came against a background of heightened security in Britain since four British Muslims killed 52 people on London's transport system in July 2005 in Western Europe's first Islamist suicide bombings.

The Birmingham arrests have aroused scepticism in the local Islamic community and elsewhere among Britain's 1.8 million Muslims because of previous blunders in high-profile security operations.

REUTERS AB VC2016

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