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LONDON
AN extremist who plotted a suicide attack on British Prime Minister Theresa May wanted to decapitate her in a bomb and knife assault, a court heard on Tuesday.
Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, allegedly wanted to make"big news"by storming Downing Street as May spoke outside her office.
Rahman was fully prepared to die in the attack, England's Old Bailey central criminal court in London heard. He was arrested in November last year.
"Before his arrest prevented it, he was, he believed, just days away from his objective, which was no less than a suicide attack, by blade and explosion, on Downing Street and, if he could, upon the Prime Minister Theresa May herself,"said prosecutor Mark Heywood.
In a chat with an undercover security service agent, Rahman said:"I want to do a suicide bomb on parliament. I want to attempt to kill Theresa May."
He continued:"My objective is to take out my target. Nothing less than the death of the leaders of parliament."
