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| London blast attempt suspect charged |
| 2005-08-07 |
| One month to the day after the London bombings that claimed 56 lives, police have charged their first key suspect in a failed attempt two weeks later to repeat the attacks. Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, a Somali living in north London, will appear before a judge in a high-security prison charged with attempted murder, conspiracy and possession of explosives, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. He had been identified as a prime suspect in an attempt to bomb the Underground railway at Warren Street in central London on 21 July as three others tried to do the same elsewhere in the capital. Omar was the first to be charged with a direct role in the bombing attempt. Six others have been charged with the lesser crime of failing to reveal information to police, including three men in their early 20s who appeared in court on Saturday. |
| Posted by:Fred |