Bomb hunt focuses on masterminds Police investigating the London bombs are now focusing on finding those who masterminded the suspected suicide attacks that have killed at least 52. Detectives believe three British men of Pakistani descent died carrying out the first attacks of their kind in the UK.
The fate of a fourth man on the bombed Piccadilly Line train remains unclear. One man was arrested in West Yorkshire, where three of the suspects were from. Terrorism experts say the men may have been guided by a "controlling hand". Police believe two of the suspects died in the blasts at Aldgate/Liverpool Street and Edgware Tube stations, while a third died on the Number 30 bus at Tavistock Square. It appears our youth have been involved in last week's horrific bombings - nothing in Islam can ever justify the evil actions of the bombers Sir Iqbal Sacranie, Muslim Council of Britain Detectives want to establish if the fourth suspect died in the explosion on the Piccadilly Line, or whether somehow he escaped, said BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw. Police are also trying to find the source of explosives found on Tuesday in a raid on a property in Leeds and in a car parked at Luton Central railway station. Counter-terrorism officials believe the group would have had an outside "controlling hand" who could still be at large, our correspondent added. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has said another bomb attack is "likely" and there are fears that a second suicide bomb gang may be preparing to strike. WEST YORKSHIRE RAIDS 1. 0630 BST: Two houses raided in Beeston 2. Two houses raided at same time in Thornhill, Dewsbury 3. One House raided in Holbeck 4. 1320 BST: Controlled explosion in Burley The attacks in the morning rush-hour last Thursday killed at least 52 people, and injured more than 700. Police said on Tuesday that three of the four suspects - one reported to be only 19 - were believed to be dead, after their belongings were found at the bomb sites. A relative of one of the West Yorkshire suspects was arrested and taken to London for questioning. It emerged that relatives of one of the men had reported him missing last Thursday morning. On Monday night, police had viewed CCTV footage of the four suspects together at London King's Cross last Thursday. All had rucksacks and were seen 20 minutes before the three Tube bombs started going off at 0851 BST. The bus bomb went off at 0947 BST. Three of the men had travelled to Luton from Leeds by train, before catching a Thameslink train to London. They were joined at Luton by a fourth man, believed to have driven to the Bedfordshire town. Tuesday's police raids, which began at 0630 BST, centred on two properties in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and four in Leeds. Explosives were also found in a car at Luton railway station and a number of controlled explosions were carried out. BOMB MANHUNT London: Forensic work ongoing at blast sites Leeds area: Six houses searched, controlled explosion at one, one arrest made Luton: Controlled explosion after car find near station A second car believed to be linked to the attacks was also found at the station and towed to Leighton Buzzard, 10 miles (16km) west of Luton, for further examination. Sir Iqbal Sacranie, of the Muslim Council of Britain, said it had received news about the suspects with "anguish, shock and horror". He said: "It appears our youth have been involved in last week's horrific bombings against innocent people. "Nothing in Islam can ever justify the evil actions of the bombers." Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman said: "I want to make it absolutely clear that no-one should be in any doubt the work last Thursday is that of extremists and criminals. "No-one should smear or stigmatise any community with these acts." Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the searches, carried out under the Anti-Terrorism Act, were intelligence-led and "directly connected" to last week's attacks. Peter Clarke, head of the Met's anti-terrorist branch, said of the suspects: "We are trying to establish their movements in the run up to last week's attacks and specifically to establish if they all died in the explosions." Police are asking for anyone with information on the bombs to contact their anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321 . LONDON BOMBINGS EVIDENCE King's Cross railway station Four men, three of them from West Yorkshire caught on CCTV at 0830 on morning of attacks Tavistock Square Property of Suspect 1, from W Yorks, found in bus wreckage Liverpool Street / Aldgate "Very likely" that body of one suspect from W Yorks found Property of Suspects 2 and 3 found Edgware Road Property of Suspect 3 found Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/4677601.stm Published: 2005/07/13 04:05:38 GMT © BBC MMV Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> 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/
