Huddersfield man charged with terrorism offences

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    The brother of a suicide bomber from Huddersfield has been charged with terrorism offences.

    Mohammed Awan, 24, is alleged to have owned a guide book on how to form a sleeper cell in the West.

    He was arrested after buying 500 ball bearings and was discovered with material advising how they could be used in home-made bombs.

    His brother Rizwan Awan conducted a suicide bomb attack in Iraq in 2016, in which dozens of people were killed.

    Mohammed Awan claims a memory stick found by police, containing alleged extremist material, belonged to his dead brother and he had kept it for sentimental reasons.

    He denies preparing an act of terrorism and two charges of possessing terrorist-related documents.

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