Counterterrorism Research Library Europe The Evidence Behind the London Ricin Plot
The Evidence Behind the London Ricin Plot
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Thursday, 14 April 2005 06:34
Despite damning evidence and the violent murder of a British constable, four of five men accused of plotting to spread ricin and other poisons throughout downtown London have been acquitted by a court in the United Kingdom. When British counterterrorism forces raided the headquarters of the alleged terror cell in January 2003, they found a makeshift chemical weapons factory, replete with castor oil beans (the raw material for ricin), lab equipment, and recipes for ricin, cyanide, botulinum, and the preparation of explosives.
