The only woman among the eight suspects detained in the case of the unsuccessful bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month has been released without charge, according to the British police.
The person concerned is the wife of Mohammed Asha, 26, who is one of the suspects. She was arrested along with her husband on 30th June 2007, when they were driving on a motorway in the North of England.
The arrest took place hours after the assailants had driven a jeep into an airport terminal building in Scotland, and had set it on fire. This attack happened 36 hours after two cars full of fuel, gas tanks and nails ready to blow up near a packed nightclub in London were discovered. The police believe that the two events are related.
The other suspects of the UK bomb plot case include Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdulla, 27, who was charged last week with scheming to cause the blasts. Indian doctor Kafeel Ahmed, 27, is in the hospital under police guard seriously injured by burns. Four other suspects are held at a central London police station. They include Ahmed’s brother Maqbool.
The British police can detain suspects of ‘terrorism’ up to 28 days without charge. However, they must once in a while ask for the permission of a judge to persist with interrogating the suspects. All the suspects are trefoils from either the Middle East or India.
Police in Australia is holding another suspect, an Indian doctor named Mohammed Haneef.
However, the Australian police have been unsuccessful in discovering any incriminating proof against the Indian doctor in custody for nearly 11 days regarding the attempted car bombings in Britain, according to a news report.
Australian police have been given 12 hours to interrogate the Indian doctor about the UK bomb plot before they must charge or discharge him. The police had withdrawn a court request to detain him for a longer period.
Earlier, four men have each been given life sentences for being involved in a failed suicide attack on London’s public transport system on July 21, 2005. This happened two weeks after the bombers had murdered 52 people. A jury in London found Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Hassin Omar, Hussein Osman and Ramzi Mohammed guilty on July 9 of ‘conspiracy to murder’.
Via : Reuters
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