TEENAGER Andrew Ibrahim, who was arrested before three controlled explosions were carried out at his home, has been charged under the Terrorism Act, police said
Ibrahim, 19, who has also been charged with explosives offences, will appear before City of Westminster Magistrates tomorrow, Avon and Somerset police said.
Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Roberts told a press conference: "From our initial inquiries we are satisfied that he was working alone."
She called on the community to be "alert but not alarmed".
Ibrahim was arrested at his home in Bristol on April 17.
A SUICIDE bomb vest and chemicals which could be used to make explosives have been found at a teenage terror suspect’s home, The Sun can reveal.
Security chiefs believe doctor’s son Andrew Ibrahim was arrested “days” before he planned to blow himself and innocent victims up.
They think the 19-year-old was plotting to target a busy city centre.
Cops say they found the purpose-made vest and chemicals after raiding Ibrahim’s flat following his arrest earlier this month.
The chemicals could have been used to make a substance like acetone peroxide – dubbed Mother of Satan because of its devastating effects.
It is a favourite of al-Qaeda terrorists and was used in the July 7 attacks in London in 2005 in which 52 people died.
Detectives suspect the suicide vest pockets were going to be filled with explosives and set off with a crude homemade detonator.
A security source said: “We found everything necessary to carry out a suicide attack.
“If we hadn’t made the arrest we believe it could have happened in a few days.
“Many people could have been killed.”
The source said no target had been identified but Bristol – where Ibrahim lives – was thought to be at strong risk.
The source said the most likely target would have been a crowded city centre shopping area.
Former drug addict Ibrahim was arrested after police received two tip-offs – one from hospital medics after he turned up with suspected chemical burns and the second from Muslim elders.
They told cops they had heard the teenager using “extremist language”.
A police insider said: “We realised we could have a major problem.”
Ibrahim, 19, who has also been charged with explosives offences, will appear before City of Westminster Magistrates tomorrow, Avon and Somerset police said.
Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Roberts told a press conference: "From our initial inquiries we are satisfied that he was working alone."
She called on the community to be "alert but not alarmed".
Ibrahim was arrested at his home in Bristol on April 17.
A SUICIDE bomb vest and chemicals which could be used to make explosives have been found at a teenage terror suspect’s home, The Sun can reveal.
Security chiefs believe doctor’s son Andrew Ibrahim was arrested “days” before he planned to blow himself and innocent victims up.
They think the 19-year-old was plotting to target a busy city centre.
Cops say they found the purpose-made vest and chemicals after raiding Ibrahim’s flat following his arrest earlier this month.
The chemicals could have been used to make a substance like acetone peroxide – dubbed Mother of Satan because of its devastating effects.
It is a favourite of al-Qaeda terrorists and was used in the July 7 attacks in London in 2005 in which 52 people died.
Detectives suspect the suicide vest pockets were going to be filled with explosives and set off with a crude homemade detonator.
A security source said: “We found everything necessary to carry out a suicide attack.
“If we hadn’t made the arrest we believe it could have happened in a few days.
“Many people could have been killed.”
The source said no target had been identified but Bristol – where Ibrahim lives – was thought to be at strong risk.
The source said the most likely target would have been a crowded city centre shopping area.
Former drug addict Ibrahim was arrested after police received two tip-offs – one from hospital medics after he turned up with suspected chemical burns and the second from Muslim elders.
They told cops they had heard the teenager using “extremist language”.
A police insider said: “We realised we could have a major problem.”
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