Extradited London Terror Suspect Charged

10:30pm UK, Thursday September 22, 2005

One of the suspects in the failed London bomb attacks has been charged with attempted murder after being extradited back to Britain.

Hussein Osman was extradited from Italy where he was arrested two months ago.

Osman travels to central London

He was also charged with conspiracy to commit murder and explosives offences.

Osman, also known as Hamdi Isaac, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder when hegot off a plane at RAF Northolt in west London.

He is accused of trying to blow himself up on a Tube train at Shepherd's Bush on July 21.

On landing he was arrested by anti-terrorist branch officers on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and alleged offences under the Explosive Substances Act 1883.

He was taken to Paddington Green police station in central London where he was formally charged.

He will remain in custody and will appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court, sitting at the high security Belmarsh complex in south east London tomorrow.

He flew out of Rome's Ciampino airport about 11am today after being escorted from his cell at the high security Rebibbia jail.

The private charter plane carrying him landed at RAF Northolt in west London at 1.40pm

Three other alleged would-be suicide bombers have been charged in the UK over the failed bombings.

They are Ibrahim Muktar Said, 27, of Stoke Newington, north London, Ramzi Mohamed, 23, of North Kensington, west London and Yassin Omar, 24, of New Southgate, north London.

All three are charged with conspiracy to murder and making or possessing an explosive with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury on July 21.

Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 32, of Finsbury Park, north London, was also charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life.