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Britain: 7 July Bomber's Widow Is Among Four Arrested
 The 7 July 2005 London suicide bombings ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan's widow, Hasina Patel, 29, is among four people arrested on Wednesday in connection with the attacks, police have announced. Her brother Ashad Patel, 30, a second man, Khalid Khaliq, 34, were arrested together with Patel in northern England. A fourth man, Imran Motala, 22, also said to be related to Patel, was arrested in the central English city of Birmingham. They are being held and questioned on suspicion of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism under Britain's Terrorism Act 2000. Khan, who worked as a mentor at a local primary school in Dewsbury near the northern city of Leeds, was one of four young British Muslims who carried out coordinated suicide bombings of 7 July, killing 52 commuters (as well as the four bombers) on three London underground trains and a bus. Patel lives with others in a two-storey mid-terrace house on Dale Street, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said two houses were being searched in Dewsbury, two in Beeston, south Leeds, and one in Batley. Forensic teams are searching a property in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, in Leonard Road, and police are guarding a block of student flats in Selly Oak. A police lorry removed a silver Peugeot 307 from nearby flat and a car was also removed from the Handsworth address. Last month the first people to be charged in connection with the bombings appeared at the Old Bailey in central London. Mohammed Shakil, 30, Sadeer Saleem, 26, and Waheed Ali, 23, of Beeston, Leeds, are accused of conspiring with the four bombers to cause explosions. Metropolitan police said the drawnout inquiry into the London bombings remained a "painstaking investigation." Posted by: Fred 2007-05-10 |
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