Four men accused of plotting Isis-inspired drive-by shootings in London using a moped

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A young British medical student and three alleged accomplices have been accused of plotting to carry Isis-inspired drive-by shootings in London using mopeds. open image in gallery The flat in west London where Tarik Hassane was arrested along with three other men The Old Bailey heard he would often travel between the UK and Africa but had also tasked Majeed with making preparations for the attack while he was out of the country. Hassane and Majeed were both members of a Telegram online chat group called Turnup Terror Squad, the prosecution claim, in which Hassane allegedly posted: “Make dua that Tarik gets a free fat strap”. “The plot was undoubtedly influenced by the happenings in Syria and Iraq and the rise of Isil, which in late June 2014 was renamed Islamic State, when the organisation pronounced itself to be a worldwide Caliphate.” A fifth man, Ayman Aziz – an associate of Hassane and Majeed - was said to be in contact with the former and occasionally visited London.