Four Admit To Plotting Mumbai-Style Attacks In London

London, Feb 1: Four al-Qaeda inspired Britons today pleaded guilty to plotting a Mumbai-style attack on the London Stock Exchange, the American embassy and other targets during the run up to Christmas in 2010. It emerged that those who admitted planning to target the London Stock Exchange wanted to send five mail bombs to various targets during the run up to Christmas 2010 and discussed launching a “Mumbai-style” atrocity. A hand-written target list discovered at the home of one of the men listed the names and addresses of London Mayor Boris Johnson, two rabbis, the US embassy and the Stock Exchange. Chowdhury and Rahman admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange.