London: Four terrorist have admitted plotting to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange in an al-Qaeda inspired attack, media reported on Wednesday.
“Lynchpin” Mohammed Chowdhury, 21, and his London accomplice Shah Rahman, 28, were followed by undercover detectives on November 28, 2010, observing Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye and the Palace of Westminster.
The conspiracy involved nine defendants — the London duo, three from Cardiff and four from Stoke — but was stopped by undercover anti-terror police before dates could be set for attacks.
The nine, all British nationals, were due to stand trial at Woolwich Crown Court but changed their pleas at the 11th hour.
Chowdhury, of Tower Hamlets, East London, and Shah Rahman, from Newham, admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange.
They admitted the crime after a hearing that was to give them an indication of their maximum sentences.
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