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Four London bomb suspects identified
www.chinaview.cn 2005-07-13 09:04:19

Bashir Ahmed, the uncle of London bombings suspect 22-year-old Shehzad Tanweer, talks to the media in Leeds in northern England, July 13, 2005. Police hunted on Wednesday for a mastermind behind suicide bombings in London as the country reeled from the news that the attackers were apparently British-born Muslims of ethnic Pakistan origin. (Xinhua/AFP photo)

Police officers stand guard outside a house in Leeds in northern England after raids in connection with the London bombings, July 12, 2005.  (Xinhua/AFP photo)

    BEIJING, July 13 -- The Metropolitan Police have identified four men suspected of carrying out last week's London bombings.

    They said it was "very likely" that one suspect had died in the blasts. They were trying to work out if all four bombers had blown themselves up deliberately.

    The four men had traveled to London on the day of the blasts and been captured on closed-circuit television footage at King's Cross station shortly before 8:30 a.m.

    Police have arrested one suspect after a series of raids Tuesday in Leeds, a northern city with a strong Muslim community.

    The arrest was made with the help of personal documents bearing names of three of the four bombers close to the scenes of the bombing.

    Police said at least three of the suspected bombers came from the West Yorkshire region, which includes Leeds.

    British government has already said last Thursday's attacks are likely done by Islamic extremists, blamed for the 9/11 attacks on the United States and the bombing of Madrid's train network last year.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)

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