LONDON (Reuters) - British police on Thursday mentioned a 27-year-old man has been charged with terrorism and different offences after he was discovered final week with a suspicious system within the grounds of a hospital in Leeds, in northern England.
Mohammed Farooq from Leeds was charged with preparation of a terrorist act and possession of an explosive substance and an imitation firearm, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned.
Farooq, who was arrested final week, will seem at Westminster Magistrates' Courtroom on Friday, the CPS added.
Emergency providers had been referred to as final Friday to St James's Hospital in Leeds after a suspicious bundle was discovered outdoors the maternity wing. Some folks had been evacuated from the realm.
"We're happy that there's at present no proof of an elevated danger to the general public, inside our communities or the UK hospital property, in reference to this investigation," James Dunkerley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, mentioned in an announcement.
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Dunkerley mentioned additional enquiries since Farooq's arrest had confirmed an preliminary evaluation that it was an remoted incident.
(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar; Enhancing by Leslie Adler)
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