Posted on 07/13/2005 12:14:51 AM PDT by Gengis Khan
3 bombers were of Pakistani origin: London police
H S Rao in London | July 13, 2005 09:31 IST Last Updated: July 13, 2005 10:02 IST
Police on Wednesday said at least three of the bombers involved in bombing the London transport system are believed to be British males of Pakistani origin who lived in West Yorkshire in Leeds.
The bus bomber is believed to be dead, and police said there was "strong forensic and other evidence" a second bomber died at Aldgate. Investigators are now trying to establish if the other two are alive or died in the explosions.
A relative of one of the suspects was arrested in West Yorkshire on Tuesday and was being brought to London to be quizzed by the anti-terrorist branch.
Six search warrants were served on Tuesday under the Terrorism Act on houses in and around Leeds.
"These included the home addresses of three of the four men," an officer said. "A detailed forensic examination will now follow and this is likely to take time to complete."
The investigation has already established that personal documents bearing the names of three of the four men were found close to three of the explosions.
Armed officers and army bomb disposal experts took part in the pre-dawn raids on the properties in the Leeds area. Materials seized during the operation have been taken away for examination.
At least one controlled explosion was carried out ahead of a raid on one of the properties.
Around 500 to 600 people were evacuated from the area close to the address in the Burley district of Leeds at around 11.30 am.
A neighbour said a 22-year-old man had lived at the house on Hyde Park Road with his family but had gone missing.
A house in Lees Holm, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was one of those surrounded by police.
Neighbours said an Asian couple lived there with a young baby daughter. It is believed that the baby was aged about eight or nine months.
A neighbour said the couple had not been there for more than a year. She said the man was aged 29, while his wife was several years younger. The couple originally came from Pakistan but had moved from Leeds.
Earlier, police cordoned off a white semi-detached house in Colwyn Road, a quiet residential street in the Beeston area of the city, and a terrace house in Strateford Street, around two minutes' walk from Colwyn Road. Material seized during the raids have been taken away for examination.
The CCTV images showed the four men suspected had boarded a Thames link train at Luton, carrying rucksacks.
Sir Iqbal Sacranie of the Muslim Council of Britain said they have received the latest news from the police with "anguish, shock and horror."
He said, "It appears our youth have been involved in last week's horrific bombings against innocent people.
"While the police investigation continues we reiterate our absolute commitment and resolve to helping the police bring to justice all involved in this crime of mass murder. Nothing in Islam can ever justify the evil actions of the bombers."
.LONDON FGN2
H S Rao London, July 13 (PTI) In a sensational breakthrough into the investigation in the London bombings, the police said at least three of the bombers are believed to be British males of Pakistani origin who lived in West Yorkshire in Leeds.
Police said they believe four men including the three Pakistani origin persons who arrived at King's Cross last Thursday morning on a train from Leeds were behind the terrorist bomb attack that killed at least 52 people and injured 700 on three tube trains and one bus.
Detectives are still unsure about the identity of the fourth bomber.
CCTV footage at King's Cross station showed the four suspected bombers together at 8.30am, Deputy assistant commissioner Peter Clarke, the head of the Metropolitan police's anti-terrorism branch, told a press conference here last night.
The three tube blasts - at Aldgate, King's Cross and Edgware Road - came within a minute of each other at 8.51 am.
The bus bomb detonated 57 minutes later as the No 30 passed through Tavistock Square in Bloomsbury, central London.
The bus bomber is believed to be dead, and police said there was "strong forensic and other evidence" a second bomber died at Aldgate. Investigators are now trying to establish if the other two are alive or died in the explosions.
A relative of one of the suspects was arrested in West Yorkshire yesterday and was being brought to London to be quizzed by the anti-terrorist branch. PTI
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You mean TERRORISTS?
Why haven't mideast countries been told that if terrorism is linked directly back to immigrants and travelers from their countries, reprisals will be taken on a 10,000-1 casualty ratio? I think our most of our human 'intelligence crisis' would suddenly clear right up.
"So why is it that we are not simply going into Pakistan and getting Usama ibn Ladin? "
Oh that wont go down very well the Pakis who are the "front-running ally" against terrorism.
Its not about "immigrants" its about "Muslim immigrants" (who come from terrorist states). They are the ones to watch out for.
Not to mention converts from the western host states themselves, and of course children of the Muslims.
Just stay as far away as possible from Middle Eastern looking people...with pack packs or packages...or mobile phones. You might save your life.
I did that several times after 911. I moved to other train carriages. Not worth the risk
Not now.
Ping!
Surprised?
What are the odds these Pakis were collecting British welfare payments while planning their evil. Isn't socialism great?
Cancer metastasizing before our very eyes.
Would some rich Muslim guys will pay their family monetary compensation as they did in West Bank(may still do)?
Maybe Imran Khan can help.:-)
Surprised? No way.
Now watch the dhimmi media spin this away as "bombers of asian origin" when "jihadi terrorists" would be closer to the mark.
Obviously the good Imam has not read his K'oran lately.
Yet another gem from islame's "Something New and Different" department.
Not.
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