July 20, 2018:
On Wednesday, a British man was found guilty of a plot to kill PM Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her.
Naa’imur Rahman, 20, of north London, was convicted at the Old Bailey Court of preparing to commit acts of terrorism.
He planned to detonate an improvised explosive device at gates of Downing Street and gain access to May’s office in the ensuing chaos and kill her.
No. 10 Downing Street is official residence and office of British Prime Ministers. It is heavily guarded and there is a gate at the end of the street where members of public and tourists gather to get a glimpse of House.
Downing Street plot was foiled when Rahman believed he was corresponding online with members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group while planning the alleged attack but was, in fact, talking to members of the Undercover Officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Britain’s MI5 Security Service.
Rahman was arrested in November, 2017 after meeting with the undercover officers posing as IS members and collecting two dummy explosive devices.
He had been planning to carry out the attack for two years but his resolve was hardened when he heard that his uncle had been killed in a drone attack last summer.
Rahman was described by Police as a drifter, who lived on friends’ sofas, and attempts to involve him in Government’s counter-extremism programme had failed.
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