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Two men appear in court over alleged terror plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community
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Two Iranian men, Rahman Salehi and Salam Ahmadyan, have appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with terror offences regarding an alleged plot to target the Jewish community in Manchester using a homemade bomb. The suspects were arrested on 20 September in Manchester's Northern Quarter and are accused of carrying out hostile reconnaissance on locations including the Heaton Park synagogue and the Manchester Jewish Museum.
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- Rahman Salehi and Salam Ahmadyan appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court facing terror charges.
- The men are accused of preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another, involving an alleged plot to target Manchester's Jewish community with a homemade chlorine bomb.
- Prosecutors stated the defendants conducted hostile reconnaissance on the Heaton Park synagogue and the Manchester Jewish Museum.
- Both suspects arrived in the UK previously by small boat and were arrested on 20 September.
- The pair were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 23 October.