British police charge four with ISIS-linked terror plot

Four men charged yesterday over an alleged terror plot had scoped out a police station and army barracks in London, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and obtained a handgun and ammunition, the police claimed.

The four, all dressed in grey sweatshirts, were brought to court under heavy security as a helicopter flew overhead and appeared in the dock flanked by 10 officers -- most of whom wore stab-proof vests.

Scotland Yard said in a statement that the four, one of whom was tasered during his arrest earlier this month, had conducted "hostile reconnaissance" of a police station and an army reservist barracks in west London.