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| London Bomb Suspect Got Housing Subsidy |
| 2005-07-28 |
| A suspect in last week's failed bombings in London received thousands of dollars in rent subsidy for an apartment police believe was used as a bomb factory. The Evening Standard reports that Yasin Hassan Omar got 75 pounds ($130) a week through May. His total benefit may have been as much as 24,000 pounds (almost $42,000). Omar lived in a one-bedroom apartment in a 12-story building in North London. Neighbors said that another suspect, Muktar Said-Ibrahim, had been staying there and that they had seen men carrying boxes into the apartment. Omar is one of two named suspects in the bombings. A total of five are being sought. Thursday's blasts were a grim echo of the deadly bombings two weeks earlier, with three explosions on Underground trains and a fourth on a bus. But the bombs failed to do much damage, possibly because the explosive material had deteriorated. |
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