Sixth man held in custody after British anti-terror raids

BRITAIN: A man was remanded in custody Saturday, charged with withholding information about a potential act of terrorism following anti-terrorism raids in Britain last week.

Appearing before judge Timothy Workman at City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Basiru Gassama, 29, spoke only to give his address and date of birth.

He was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear before the same court next Thursday.

Gassama appeared in court a day after five other suspects were remanded in custody until February 23 after being seized in the same raids, which occurred on January 31 in the city of Birmingham, central England.

Parviz Khan, a 36-year-old Muslim, is facing charges linked to an alleged plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier.

Mohammed Irfan, 30, Zahoor Iqbal, 29, Hamid Elasmar, 43, and Amjad Mahmood, 31, have been charged over helping supply equipment and funding of a terrorist act, allegations which Khan also faces.

Security sources have said the alleged plot involved plans to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier, and then post a video of the execution on the Internet.

London, Sunday, AFP