Man charged with planning terror attack on U.S. troops in U.K.

LONDON — A British man accused of planning a terrorist attack on U.S. servicemembers in the United Kingdom appeared in court  Tuesday.

Junead Khan, 24, and his uncle Shazib Khan, 22, from Luton, a town north of London, were  charged by British authorities with intending to commit acts of terrorism.

This comes after four U.S. Marines and a sailor were killed last week in attacks by a gunman on two military sites in Chattanooga, Tenn. The attacker, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kuwait, was also killed.

Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counterterrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the two British men allegedly  planned to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

Junead Khan is accused of planning a terrorist attack on U.S. military personnel in the United Kingdom, Walsh said.

The two appeared at Westminster Magistrate's Court in central London and were ordered to remain in custody until their next court appearance  Aug. 10 at the Old Bailey, a higher London court. They were arrested last week.

It’s a violation of British law to go to Syria to the help the militants, who control parts of Syria and Iraq.