GPS error saved Windsor Castle from attacker

London, Sep. 1: A 26-yearold Bangladeshi origin man arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a terror attack with a Samurai sword near Buckingham Palace earlier this month was originally on his way to Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II’s royal residence, some 20 miles away from London.

However, Mohiussunnath Choudhury, a selfemployed Uber driver, ended up at a pub by the same name due to his car’s GPS error and then decided to drive on to the monarch’s London residence instead, Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told on Thursday.

“Officers approached the vehicle and spoke with the male driver and as they did so the male took hold of a large sword from inside the vehicle and whilst still in the vehicle shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ [God is greatest] several times,” prosecutor Mark Carroll told the court.

Mr Choudhury, from Luton in the east of England, has been charged with engaging in the preparation to commit an act or acts of terrorism on August 25 and has been remanded in custody to appear before the Old Bailey court in London on September 21.

He is also accused of injuring three police officers in the course of the attack as they approached his Toyota Prius car, used by the self-employed Uber driver. According to details, Choudhury attended St. Lawrence Primary School and Uxbridge High School in west London.