Police Question Five Bomb Suspects

11:31pm UK, Saturday July 30, 2005

Anti-terror police are questioning five men - four in London and one in Rome - suspected of attempting to bomb the capital on July 21.

The four main suspects

The name of the fifth man has been reported as Wahbi Mohammed, 23.

He was arrested during a raid in Tavistock Crescent in Notting Hill, London.

He is alleged to have dumped a device hidden in a rucksack on open ground at nearby Little Wormwood Scrubs.

Scotland Yard has not confirmed his identity but he is thought to be the brother of Ramzi Mohammed, who was arrested during a dramatic siege at the Peabody Buildings in north Kensington yesterday.

Ramzi Mohammed is allegedly responsible for attempting to blow up a train at Oval Tube station last week.

He was arrested alongside Muktar Said Ibrahim - the man suspected of attempting to blow up the number 26 bus in Shoreditch.

Police had surrounded a flat on the Peabody Estate and shouted to those inside to come out wearing only their underwear.

Two men emerged onto the balcony with their hands in the air.

Shortly afterwards, authorities in Italy arrested Hussain Osman, 27, a British man of Ethiopian origin.

Osman, held in Rome, is believed to be the suspect who tried to detonate a device on a train near Shepherd's Bush.

The fourth suicide bomb suspect, Yasin Hassan Omar, 24, a Somali, was arrested on Wednesday in Birmingham.

He is alleged to have made his attempt on a train near the Warren Street Tube station.

A number of other arrests have also been made in London, including two women in Muslim dress at Liverpool Street station.

Despite all five suspects being in custody, police are warning the public to remain on its guard.