BBC NEWS | UK | In quotes: Terror raid brothers
Abdul Kahar: As soon as I turn around I just see an orange spark and a big bang.
At that time I flew into the wall. As I flew into the wall, I slipped down. As I slipped down, I was on the floor. I look to my right, on my chest I see blood coming down my chest and I see a hole in my chest.
At that moment, I knew I was shot, but the first thing I was thinking is that there’s an armed robbery taking place.
… I was begging: ‘Please, please, I cannot move.’
He just kicked me in my face, and he kept on saying: ‘Shut the fuck up. Stay here.’
I thought they were going to shoot me again or shoot my brother.
Abul Koyair: Actually me myself, I applied to be a police officer, a community police officer, recently.
They gave me a confirmation letter, which I received from them.
My family was behind me in what I wanted to do, and now I think all their views has changed.
They don’t want me to be associated anywhere near police. I feel that my mum, my dad they don’t trust polices anymore.
Note: one of the Guildford Four, Carole Richardson, actually rode round the streets of the London suburb she was living in with police who were investigating a crime in which she was the victim just weeks before her arrest on trumped-up terrorism charges. Seems like they still can’t judge the behaviour of someone who should be on the run from the police …
Abdul Kahar: At the beginning, I was more curious. I wanted to know the reason why I got arrested.
I knew it was something to do with terrorism. I asked the officer in charge of the police: ‘Can you tell me, what have I done?’
They mentioned a few names of terrorist organisations. I didn’t recognise any of them until they mentioned al-Qaeda.
Then they said: ‘Are you a member of Jemaah Islamiah?’ They kept on telling me I’m a member of a few things.
Then at the end they go: ‘I know it’s going to be a daft question, but are you a member of a white organisation, the Ku Klux Klan?’
I didn’t even have time to laugh. I thought: ‘These people are thinking I’m a white terrorist now’, and they wasn’t even joking.
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Kudos to Abdul Kahar and Abul Koyair for having the guts to speak up following their ordeal at the hands of the Met a couple of weeks ago. The two men painted a horrific picture of what happened at their