Wednesday, July 13, 2005

London bomb suspects: key facts



The police have revealed important new developments in the hunt for those responsible for the London bomb attacks.


  • All four suspects were British nationals of Pakistani descent. Three of the four were from West Yorkshire

  • All four were captured on CCTV at King's Cross station, wearing rucksacks, shortly before 0830 BST on the morning of the attacks. The footage was found on Monday night

  • One suspect was reported missing by his family. Some of his belongings were found on the bombed Number 30 bus in Tavistock Square

  • Property linked to a second man was found at the scene of the Aldgate/Liverpool Street Tube bomb

  • Items belonging to a third suspect were found at the site of the Aldgate/Liverpool Street and Edgware Road Tube bombs

  • It is very likely the three men whose belongings were found at the bomb scenes are dead, police sources say

  • Questions remain over the identity of the fourth bomber. Police do not know if he was killed at King's Cross or has fled

  • One man has been arrested in West Yorkshire and is being questioned in London. He is believed to be related to one of the suspected bombers

  • Police have searched the homes of three of the four suspects in West Yorkshire

  • Six search warrants were executed in the Leeds area on Tuesday. A controlled explosion was carried out in the Burley area

  • A "significant amount" of explosive material was found at an address in Leeds

  • The men boarded a Thameslink train from Luton to King's Cross. Two cars in Luton, one of which had explosives in it, are connected to the inquiry

  • It is thought the cars were hired by the suspects in West Yorkshire before being driven to Luton

  • More than 1,000 calls have been made by the public to an anti-terrorist hotline. Police have studied 2,500 CCTV tapes

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