Doctor Held in Australia on Terror Charges

An Indian doctor working in Australia was charged Saturday with supporting a terrorist group in connection with failed attacks in Britain late last month.

Mohamed Haneef, 27, an Indian Muslim, was taken into custody 12 days ago by Australian Federal Police, The Australian reported Saturday.

Police allege Haneef, who works at a Gold Coast hospital, let members of a terrorist group use the SIM card from his cell phone. A SIM card or Subscriber Identity Module is a portable memory chip that makes it easy to switch to a new phone by sliding the SIM out of one phone and inserting it into another phone. A SIM card holds personal identity information, text messages and other data.

Australian authorities said they will oppose bail for Haneef, who is from Bangalore, India. He faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty.

Haneef is being held in connection with two separate car bombs that failed to detonate in London on June 29 and an attack on the airport in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30 when a car was driven into the airport’s entrance.