Suspect 'tracked by phone calls'
BBC July 30, 2005 Police surround a flat on the outskirts of Rome Police had the flat under surveillance for two days Italian investigators say police used cell phone records to track down one of the suspects in the failed suicide bombings in London on 21 July. Osman Hussain was arrested on Friday in his brother's flat on the outskirts of the Italian capital, Rome. He was traced using call records from two cell phone numbers, supplied to the Italians by UK police. Police believe he travelled by train across Europe from London via Paris, Milan and Bologna. Osman Hussain is wanted in the UK over the attack on Shepherd's Bush underground station. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4730265.stm#map#map> Click to see a map of the suspect's alleged journey Investigators quoted by Corriere della Sera newspaper said that his real name is Hamdi Isaac and that he may have been born in Ethiopia or Eritrea, rather than Somalia as previously thought. No panic The suspect's constant use of cell phones betrayed his attempt to find refuge. As well as calling his brother in Rome, he talked to his father who lives in Brescia, in northern Italy. The suspect, who speaks good Italian, told investigators that he was brought up in Italy after his family sought asylum from Somalia when he was a child. An unnamed Italian security officer told La Stampa newspaper that police discovered the suspect's whereabouts two days ago. Police show pictures of suspect Osman Hussein The man obeyed: first he got down on his knees, then he placed his hands on his head... finally he was handcuffed Italian security officer La Stampa "We went to the area, to take a look around the neighbourhood, to work out what kind of traps or pitfalls there might be," he said. Italian Central Security Operations (NOCS) officers then approached the brother, who gave them a description of his flat and the door keys. On the day of the raid, the building was surrounded with snipers and a number of ambulances were on site. A team of four armed security agents climbed the stairs to the flat, followed by more police. When officers entered the flat, they found the suspect on a sofa in the living room and told him in English to get down on his knees. "The man obeyed: first he got down on his knees, then he placed his hands on his head, he allowed himself to be searched, and finally he was handcuffed," the officer told the paper. "He did not allow himself to panic." The flat was then searched for traps. Computers and hard-drives were taken away to be analysed. The suspect has been co-operating with investigators, who he apparently told that he had no intention of carrying out any terrorist activities in Italy. A phone centre and internet cafe run by his brother near Rome's Termini railway station is also being searched by Italian police. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hp08qpc/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122909440/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
