35岁的拉赫曼·萨利希和36岁的萨拉姆·阿赫马迪安被指控准备实施恐怖主义行为或协助他人实施恐怖主义行为。警方称,这两名男子意图使用简易爆炸装置实施袭击。
Rahman Salehi, 35, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, have been charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another to commit an act of terrorism.
反恐警察(CTP)在一份声明中表示,指控将指称他们“使用加密应用程序获取组装自制爆炸装置的零部件”。
Police say the two men wanted to use an improvised explosive device to carry out their attack.
此外,指控还指称他们获取了制作简易爆炸装置的视频教程,并获得了制作简易爆炸装置所需的“液体、零部件和设备”。
In a statement, counter-terrorism police (CTP) said the charges will allege they used “encrypted applications to acquire components to assemble a homemade explosive device”.
指控还指称这两名男子对袭击目标进行了互联网研究,获取了“潜在袭击目标的图像、计划和地图”,并实施了侦察。
Furthermore the charges allege they obtained video instructions on how to make an IED, and got the “liquids, components and equipment” to make an IED.
反恐警察高级国家协调员维基·埃文斯表示:“这些是极其严重的指控和指称,源于反恐警察的联合调查,并与我们在安全机构的合作伙伴密切配合。这次调查导致了我们认为针对曼彻斯特犹太社区的阴谋被挫败。”
The charges also allege the men carried out internet research on targets, acquired “images, plans and maps of potential targets for attack” and carried out reconnaissance.
她补充道:“本周也让一些来自伊朗、投射到英国的更广泛威胁变得清晰明了。虽然这一事件与对拉夫费尔德皇家空军基地事件的调查没有任何关联,但我想向公众保证,反恐警察将与我们的国家安全合作伙伴一道,利用我们全部的能力,保护英国免受任何敌对行为的侵害。” 这两名均在30多岁的男子于9月20日被捕,恰逢犹太教最神圣的节日赎罪日前夕。
Vicki Evans, the senior national coordinator for CTP, said: “These are extremely serious charges and allegations, and have come about from a joint CTP investigation, working closely with our partners in the security services. This investigation has led to the disruption of what we believe to have been a plot targeting the Jewish community in Manchester.”
他们在市中心北区的牛顿街被捕,随后被关押在伦敦的一家警察局羁押。
She added: “This week also brought into sharp focus some of the wider threats being projected into the UK from Iran. While this incident and the investigation into the RAF Fairford incident are not connected in any way, I want to reassure the public that CTP, working with our national security partners, are using the full range of our capabilities to protect the UK from any hostile acts.”The men, both in their 30s, were arrested on 20 September, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
反恐警察已获准延长对这两名男子的讯问时间,他们根据《2000年恐怖主义法》第41条被拘留。
They were arrested in Newton Street, in the Northern Quarter area of the city centre, before being held in custody at a London police station.
内政大臣夏巴娜·马哈茂德表示:“这些近期事件严厉提醒我们,恐怖分子和外国国家行为体对本国构成的威胁。
Counter-terrorism police had been given more time to question the men, who were detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
“这一消息将让我们的犹太社区深感痛苦,尤其是紧随犹太新年(Rosh Hashanah)和赎罪日(Yom Kippur)之后。我知道这在曼彻斯特尤为如此,因为我们正纪念希顿公园犹太教堂恐怖袭击事件一周年。
The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said: “These recent events are a stark reminder of the threats posed against this country from both terrorists and foreign state actors.
“两名嫌疑人几年前乘坐小船抵达这一事实,提醒我们坚持不懈打击非法移民入境的重要性。虽然数字有所下降,但我知道我们还有更多必须做的工作。” 萨利希和阿马迪安 预计将于10月3日出席威斯敏斯特治安法院的听证会。
“This news will be deeply distressing for our Jewish communities, coming so soon after Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I know this will be especially true in Manchester, as we mark one year since the terrorist attack at Heaton Park synagogue.
王立检控署(CPS)特别犯罪与反恐部门负责人弗兰克·弗格森表示:“在大曼彻斯特警方于9月针对犹太社区展开的一场快节奏反恐警务调查之后,我们决定起诉拉赫曼·萨利希和萨拉姆·阿马迪安。
“The fact both suspects arrived by small boat several years ago is a reminder of the importance of our relentless work to tackle illegal migration into this country. While numbers are down, I know there is more we must do.”Salehi and Ahmadyan They are due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 3 October.
“我们的检控官已努力确立有足够证据将此案提交法院审理,并提醒所有相关人员,针对本案被告的诉讼程序正在进行中,他们有权获得公正审判。
Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS’s special crime and counter-terrorism division, said: “We have decided to prosecute Rahman Salehi and Salam Ahmadyan following a fast-paced counter-terrorism policing investigation in Greater Manchester in September targeting the Jewish community.
“我们理解此案可能引起担忧,特别是考虑到逮捕行动发生在赎罪日前夕。我们想向犹太社区保证,在与警方合作下,他们的安全以及更广泛公众的安全是我们的最高优先事项。”
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and we remind all concerned that proceedings against the defendants in this case are active and they have the right to a fair trial.
领导调查的伦敦警察厅表示,利物浦埃普沃斯街和索尔福德兰开斯特路的房产也已接受搜查。
“We understand that this case may cause concern, particularly considering the arrests came on the eve of Yom Kippur. We want to assure the Jewish community that working with the police, their safety and that of the wider public is our highest priority.”The Metropolitan police, who are leading the investigation, said searches had also been carried out at properties on Epworth Street in Liverpool and Lancaster Road in Salford.
在逮捕行动发生时,埃文斯表示,警官们“正在竭尽全力保障他们[犹太社区]和更广泛公众的安全”,同时反恐警察和地方警力正在合作,“为犹太社区聚居地区提供保护性安全支持和建议,特别是在大圣日期间”。
At the time of the arrests, Evans said police officers were “doing everything we can to keep them [the Jewish community] and the wider public safe”, while counter-terrorism police and local forces were working together “to provide protective security support and advice for areas with Jewish communities, and particularly during the High Holy Day period”.
去年,35岁的贾哈德·阿尔-沙米在曼彻斯特希顿公园犹太教堂发动恐怖袭击,正值赎罪日,随后被武装警察击毙。
Last year, Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by armed police after launching a terror attack during Yom Kippur at Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester.
袭击导致两名男子遇害,分别是53岁的阿德里安·多尔比和66岁的梅尔文·克拉维茨,另有三人受伤。
Two men were killed during the attack, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, while three others were injured.