Three terror suspects were Islam converts

AT least three of the men arrested on suspicion of plotting to blow up a series of transatlantic flights were converts to Islam, it emerged yesterday.

Three terror suspects were Islam converts

One, Ibrahim Savant, from Walthamstow, east London, changed his name from Oliver when he became a Muslim, according to neighbours.

The 25-year-old student, whose Muslim wife is reportedly pregnant, was arrested at his parents’ home in Folkestone Road.

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