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LONDON, July 17 (Xinhuanet) -- British police
Saturday night released a picture of the four London bombers being together as
they set off on their deadly mission last week.
A security camera captured the four men entering Luton railway station, just outside London, at 0721
local time (0621 GMT) on July 7 on their way to the capital.
In the photograph, the four men were dressed casually
and appearing relaxed, with backpacks on their shoulders, which are thought to
contain the bombs which tore through London's transport system, killing at least
55 people.
Three of the bombers were young British Muslims of
Pakistani origin, while the fourth was a Jamaican-born Briton. Two of them were
teenagers, while the other two were 22 and 30 respectively.
Authorities in Pakistan say they are placing Islamic
religious schools under closer scrutiny, after reports that one of the bombers
attended one last year.
The picture was released in an attempt to find out
more about their final movements, the BBC quoted London Metropolitan Police as
saying on Sunday.
Police have taken more than 800 witness statements
and received3,500 calls to the anti-terrorist hotline
The wreckage of the bombed number 30 bus has been
moved from Tavistock Square in central London for further forensic examination.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday that
it was time to stand up to the "evil ideology" behind the London bombings and
other attacks.
The Sunday Times reported that one of the four
suicide terrorists was scrutinized by the British Security Service, or M15, last
year, but was judged not to be a threat to national security.
British police are now searching for those who may
have helped the bombers carry out the attacks.
One house being searched in Leeds, the city where
three bomberswere from, is linked to Egyptian biochemist Magdi Mahmoud
al-Nashar, 33, who was arrested in Cairo as part of the inquiry into the
bombings.
He has denied any involvement in the fatal attacks in
London.
Earlier, Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el Adli
said press reports linking al-Nashar to al-Qaida were "groundless" and based on
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