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April 29, 2006

UK: Muslim Bomb Suspects Deny Guilt

On 21 July, exactly a fortnight after devastating attacks against London Transport on 7/7, in which 52 people were killed by four British Muslims, further attempted attacks were made against London Transport. Despite causing minor damage, the failed suicide bombers did not manage to kill themselves, let alone anyone else. The four individuals then fled from their various locations, and all but one were visible on CCTV cameras.

Yesterday, according to the UK Telegraph, the four suspects appeared in court via a videolink to London's Old Bailey, and denied any involvement with the attacks. They, along with a fifth man, 32-year old Manfo Kwaku Asiedu of Finsbury Park, north London, pladed not guilty to charges of attempted murder.

Asiedu, a Ghanaian, was arrested in connection with a discarded rucksack found at Little Wormwood Scrubs on 23 July, two days after the attempted bomb attacks.

24-year old Yassin Hassan Omar, born in Somalia, was arrested in the Hay Mills area of Birmingham, after his parents recognised him from the CCTV image (top left in picture). He had apparently tried to blow up a train on the Waterloo Line underground, near Warren Street, north central London. Police used a Taser gun to stun him at his arrest. He had arrived in Britain agaed 12, when his family came as refugees. For the past six years he lived in New Southgate, north London, and apart from spells in prison, had received 24,000 pounds ($43,816 US) in housing benefit.

The porcine individual top right in the picture is 27-year old Muktar Said Ibrahim, who apparently tried to blow up a number 26 bus in Hackney Road in East London. He had come to Britain from Eritrea in 1996 when his family claimed refugee status. He finally became a British citizen in September 2004. He lived with his family in Stanmore, on the edge of North London, but was a resident of Stoke Newington, north London, before his arrest.

23-year old Ramzi Mohammed (bottom right in picture), from Kensington, pleaded not guilt to trying to detonate a bomb at the Oval tube station, south London.

27-year old Hussain Osman of Stockwell, south London (bottom left) pleaded not guilty to trying to blow up a train near Shepherds Bush station, west London. After the failed bombings, he fled to Italy, where he was arrested at his brother's apartment in Rome on 29 July. In custody in Italy, he claimed that the rucksack was packed with flour and was only meant to scare people. He originally came from Ethiopia. He was deported back to Britain on September 23. Also known as Hamdi Isaac, Osman had claimed earlier to be a Somali to obtain a British passport.

All five were additionally charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. According to Qatar's Peninula, a sixth man, 23-year old Adel Yahya from Tottenham, north London, was remanded to another hearing in June. He was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life, but did not enter a plea. According to the BBC, Yahya was arrested on Tuesday, 19 December after he arrived at Gatwick airport on a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

It is widely believed that the reason why the rucksack bombs failed to explode is because the explosives they were made from, acetone peroxide, were created at the same time as those prepared for the 7/7 bombers. The rucksacks did not cause the devastation of the earlier attacks as the chemical rapidly deteriorates, and had consequently lost its "fizz".

In additional news, the Telegraph reports that a 20-year old man, Mohammed Atif Siddique or Asif Siddique, has been released without charge. We reported when he was arrested on April 13 in Alva, Clackmannanshire.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at April 29, 2006 2:18 PM

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