Brother of British ’ISIL’ Extremist Charged under Terrorism Act

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The brother of a British man who was killed while fighting in Syria with so-called "Daesh" ["ISIL"] has been charged in Britain on Sunday with preparing terrorist acts.

Mustakim Jaman, 23, from Portsmouth and the brother of Ifthekar Jaman, was charged under the Terrorism Act on Sunday, Hampshire police said.

Jaman was arrested by the south-east counter-terrorism unit this month [October] on suspicion of being involved in a Syria-related terrorism plot.

Jaman was arrested alongside his brother, Tuhim, 26, and his parents. His father and mother were released on bail on the next day.

Mustakim's brother, Ifthekar, was was the first of a group of young men from Portsmouth to travel to Syria last year [2013]. He was one of the most prominent British men to wage extremism in Syria and was killed last December [2013].

Additionally, a 23-year-old woman from Farnborough and a 29-year-old woman from Greenwich, south London, were also held on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism acts.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team