Tags:
Journalism of Courage
British police on Monday named two suspects wanted for trying to set off bombs across London’s transport network last week as they scrambled to track down the attackers and prevent their striking again.
Anxious to get public attention back on the search for the attackers after mistakenly killing a Brazilian electrician, police named two of the four suspects they have been seeking since releasing security camera images last week.
The head of Britain’s anti-terrorist branch, Peter Clarke, said the two were Yasin Hassan Omar and Muktar Said-Ibrahim or Muktar Mohammed-Said. Police raided a house in North London that Omar had recently visited.
The investigation was dealt a blow and the reputation of British police severely tarnished when the Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes (27), was shot dead on Friday, mistaken for a suicide bomber.
Prime Minister Tony Blair said, ‘‘We are all desperately sorry for the death of an innocent person. I understand entirely the feelings of the young man’s family.’’
‘‘If this had turned out to be a terrorist and they (the police) had failed to take that action, they would have been criticised the other way,’’ Blair told reporters.
|
Family of slain Brazilian may sue London police
|
|||||
|
• LONDON: The family of Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian electrician slain by the British police who mistook him for a terrorist, has threatened to take legal action. “They have to pay for that in many ways, because if they do not, they are going to kill many people,” Menezes’ cousin Alex Pereira told the BBC. “They killed my cousin; they could kill anyone,” the 28-year-old London resident said .—AP/PTI |
|||||
Police sources also revealed that a bomb abandoned in a park in West London was similar to those from the failed attacks.
Police were trying to establish if the device belonged to a fifth man or if one of the attackers had carried two bombs.
Two people were arrested on Monday as part of the investigation, bringing the total held to five.
Police said all five bombs from the latest attack were concealed in plastic food containers manufactured in India and hidden in rucksacks. —Reuters
