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All Bombers Died In London Attacks
via DrudgeAll four attackers - not confirmed to be suicide bombers - are thought to have died in the blasts. Police said there was forensic evidence that meant it was "very likely" the bomber responsible for the train explosion at Aldgate died there. One of the men from West Yorkshire had been reported missing by his family and his property was found at the bus blast scene. The second man's property was found at the scene of the Aldgate blast and the third man's property at both the Aldgate and Edgware Road blasts. Sky News correspondent Martin Brunt said it is thought the men were British. One man has just been arrested in west Yorkshire in connection with the attacks. They were also poised to make arrests in London, he said. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of Scotland's Yard anti-terrorist branch, said: "The investigation quite early led us to have concerns about the movement and activities of four men, three of whom came from the West Yorkshire area. "We are trying to establish their movements in the run-up to last week's attack and specifically to establish whether they all died in the explosions. Today we executed six warrants under the Terrorism Act at premises in the West Yorkshire area. These included the home addresses of three of the four men. A detailed forensic examination will now follow and this is likely to take time to complete." He continued: "We know that all four of these arrived in London by train on the morning. We have identified CCTV footage showing the four men at King's Cross Station shortly before 8.30am on that morning, July 7. One of them who had set out from West Yorkshire was reported missing by his family to the casualty bureau on July 7. We have been able to establish that he was joined on his journey to London by three other men. We have since found personal documents bearing the names of three of those four men close to the seats of three of the explosions. "As regards to the man who is missing, some of his property was found on the route 30 bus in Tavistock Square. Property of a second man was found at the scene of the Aldgate bomb and in relation to a third man property with his name was found at the Aldgate and Edgware Road bombs. We have strong forensic evidence that it is very likely that one of the men from West Yorkshire died at the explosion at Aldgate." Sky News terror expert Steve Park said the documents may have been deliberately planted to "send police the wrong way". The news comes as armed police search a house in Leeds after the Army used a controlled explosion to get in. It was the discovery that the bus bomber was likely to have died in the blasts that triggered the raids. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the area around Hyde Park Road, Burley. No one was in the house at the time but armed officers had been used as a precaution. Five other homes in Leeds had earlier been raided by police hunting the terrorists behind last week's attacks. Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-07-12 |
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