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MNA National Desk: A British-Bangladeshi man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday over a plot to kill Prime Minister 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, 21, of north London, planned to detonate an improvised explosive device at the heavily guarded gates of Downing Street and gain access to May’s office in the ensuing chaos and assassinate her, according to British police. He was convicted last month of preparing to commit acts of terrorism and at London’s ...

MNA Exclusive Desk: One of the two men remanded over a plot to assassinate British Prime Minister Theresa May has introduced himself as a Bangladeshi-British. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from north London, planned to detonate a homemade bomb and attack the May with a suicide vest and a knife, reports the BBC. A second man also appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with preparing terrorist acts. Both men will appear at London’s Old Bailey on Dec 20. Rahman is charged with the preparation of terrorist acts and also with assisting another man to prepare separate acts of terrorism, according to ...