A handout of Closed Circuit Television footage dated July 7, 2005 and released by London's Scotland Yard on July 14, 2005 shows London bombing suspect Hasib Mir Hussain at Luton train station in central England. Photo by Reuters (Handout)
Posted on 07/14/2005 9:25:13 AM PDT by Pyro7480
CCTV pictures show London bus bomber
By Philippe Naughton, Times Online, Daniel McGrory, Michael Evans and Dominic Kennedy
Scotland Yard today released two chilling images of the youngest of the four bombers who brought chaos to London, as millions of people across Britain fell silent to remember the victims of last week's attacks.
Hasib Hussain, an 18-year-old from Leeds, is shown in a CCTV image mounting the stairs at Luton station before taking the 7.40am train to King's Cross. There the four bombers split up and launched their attacks during last Thursday's rush hour. A second photo shows the picture from the teenager's driving licence.
Deputy Assistant Peter Clarke, head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terror branch, appealed for help from the public in tracking Hussain's movement before he boarded a No 30 bus which exploded at 9.47am - almost an hour after his three fellow bombers blew themselves up. Those who believe they have information are asked to call 0800 789 321.
Mr Clarke also named 22-year-old Shehzad Tanweer as the man who blew himself up on a train at Aldgate, killing seven people. He could not confirm the identity of the third Leeds bomber, who has been named unofficially as Mohammad Sidique Khan, a 30-year-old primary school teaching assistant with a 14-month-old daughter.
Property belonging to Mr Khan was found at the Edgware Road bombing, in which he is believed to have been among the seven who died, and some of his possessions were also found at the Aldgate bomb scene.
The death toll from the co-ordinated, al-Qaeda-style bombings has now reached 53, including 13 dead on the bus. Mr Clarke said: "This has been and still is a fast-moving investigation with new leads emerging literally by the hour."
But although Mr Clarke said that police believe the know the identity of the fourth bomber, responsible for the King's Cross blast which killed 26, he gave no name.
Police sources said earlier that the man who blew himself up on the tube between King's Cross and Russell Square was Lindsey Germaine, a Jamaican-born Briton. Germaine is thought to have lived in the house in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, raided by police last night, with his partner and young daughter.
Police sources believe that the three bombers who drove down from Leeds on Wednesday may have stayed the night with Germaine at his home in Buckinghamshire, before all four drove the 20 miles to Luton to take a Thameslink train to London to let off their bombs.
While the police investigation continued, tens of millions across Europe observed a two-minute silence at noon to mark Britain's single worst terrorist atrocity....
Only minutes before the period of silence began, police targeted another house in West Yorkshire in the hunt for the bombers. Homes were evacuated on Lodge Lane in the Beeston area of Leeds and a West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said officers were examining a property in the street. Officers cordoned off streets leading off Tempest Road, close to a mosque and the address of one of the suicice bombers. Families could be seen leaving home with suitcases and roads soon became jammed with cars leaving the area.
Police believe that they have identified the British-born man who masterminded the suicide bomb attack. The leader of the terrorist cell is believed to be in his thirties and of Pakistani origin. He arrived at a British port last month and is understood to have left the country the day before four suicide bombers murdered at least 53 people.
Security sources believe that he has been involved in previous terrorist operations and has links with al-Qaeda followers in the United States. It is also believed that he visited the bombers in Leeds and identified targets on the Tube.
Security chiefs say that he is also likely to have schooled his recruits on how to trigger their rucksack bombs at the same time. There were also suggestions that the cell may have decided against using foreign help to reduce the chances of being discovered.
Detectives are trying to track two other possible members of the cell. The first was seen on CCTV cameras on the platform of Luton station near the four bombers as they set off on July 7. There are fears that the man, also believed to be of Pakistani origin, could be a fifth bomber, still at large in the London area.
Police are trying to discover if he lives in Luton, where explosives were found in the boot of a hire car. Fingerprint and DNA experts are still examining the Nissan Micra.
Security sources said that there may well be "sixth and a seventh" members of the cell, providing a support network.
MI5 was piecing together the double life of Khan, the oldest of the bombers, who worked as a learning mentor a school in Beeston, Leeds and ran an Islamic bookshop.
Sarah Balfour, head of Hillside Primary School, said today that staff and pupils were "devastated" to discover that Khan was one of the bombers. In a brief statement outside the school, she told reporters: "Sidique Khan was a member of staff at Hillside Primary School and he was employed here between March 2001 and December 2004 as a learning mentor.
"He was great with the children and they all loved him. He did so much for them, helping and supporting them and running extra clubs and activities. Sidique was a real asset to the school and always showed 100-per cent commitment," Ms Balfour said.
Two of the bombers were known to the police, despite claims that they were "clean skins". Tanweer was arrested for disorderly behaviour and Hussain was questioned over shoplifting, both last year. The two were cautioned but not charged.
Police sources also admitted that the name of one of the bombers had emerged during a major anti-terrorist operation last year. But he was neither arrested nor questioned.
Every recent phone call and e-mail linked to the bombers is being investigated by the security and intelligence services. Working backwards from July 7, they will trace every call made from the bombers’ homes and plot all their movements and associations with other people, in an effort to trace the bomb-maker. MI5 is focusing in particular on any trips they may have made abroad in the past year.
Credit cards were discovered with the bombers’ bodies, and checks on financial dealings over recent months could provide vital information. One security source said: "We are checking if anyone was seen with any of this circle in the weeks up to July 7.
"The men who orchestrated this attack, obtained the explosive and assembled the devices would have been well away from Leeds and London by the time the bombs exploded."
Scotland Yard were also looking last night for an Egyptian-born chemistry lecturer who was teaching until recently at Leeds University. M. Asdi el-Nashar, 33, is understood to have rented one of the Leeds addresses where explosives were found. He left Britain recently after telling neighbours of difficulties with his visa. The lecturer, who studied in the US, is understood to have known some of the bombers.
SO that's the face of the terrorist?
Evil. Just plain evil.
What an evil jerk.
Picture of 1 London bomber.
Evil exists, and there are forces we don't see at work in our World that twists the minds of sick murderers like these.
That's funny, he doesn't look Amish...
Middle Eastern men with backpacks are going to be passing you everyday in Washington DC metro.
One of em was given the name "Sidique" which is arabic for .....Friend......... What a friend to life that SOB was......doom on em ALL !
I didn't see a dedicated thread, but thanks for the link.
Leni
What is frightening is look at who is driving the cabs at most American airports.
You'd think by now someone would have noticed a connection between dark-skinned caucasians carrying large bundles or backpacks and suicide bombings. And acted accordingly.
NO BRITAIN NEEDS LESS MOSQUES!
That sure is a BIG backpack
Is that a Koran in his hand? By blowing up the bus did he destroy the "good book".
Hummm, can you get into heaven after blowing up your bible?
It's going to become a martyr koran and will soon have 72 virgin korans in heaven.
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