Two More Arrested In British Terror Attacks
Posted July 2, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Authorities have arrested two more suspects in the weekend attack at Glasgow airport and failed car bombings in London, bringing the number of suspects in custody to seven.
The two unexploded car bombs were found in central London on Friday, only days from the July 7 anniversary of the London transit bombings that saw four British-raised Muslim bombers and 52 commuters die in attacks on three subway trains and a bus. Then, on Saturday, two men drove an SUV into the entrance of Glasgow International Airport in Scotland. Police there said two men aged 25 and 28 were arrested Sunday in connection with that attack.
Though police weren’t naming suspects, British reports identified one as Mohammed Asha, a doctor at North Staffordshire Hospital near Newcastle-under-Lyme. The hospital wouldn’t confirm that Asha was a suspect. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said police had searched more than 19 different locations in the investigation.
A government official said that a U.K.-wide network, possibly linked to al-Qaida, appeared to be behind the attacks in both London and Glasgow.
Britain’s terror alert has been raised to its highest level since the attack.
