British man charged over Syria journalist kidnappings

October 17, 2012 02:07

British police today charged a man with kidnapping two Western journalists in Syria, one week after he was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport, Scotland Yard said. Shajul Islam, 26, is alleged to have "unlawfully and injuriously imprisoned" photographers John Cantlie from Britain, and Jeroen Oerlemans from the Netherlands, between July 17 and 26, it said in a statement.

Islam, who is a British national, acted "together with others," it said. He will appear in court tomorrow. A 26-year-old woman who was arrested at the same time has been released without charge. She has not been named. The man and the woman were detained by officers from the counter-terrorism command on October 9 after arriving on a flight from Egypt. Officers also searched two homes in east London.

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