Failed London Bomber Trial Begins
Charles Johnson
Mon Jan 15, 2007 at 8:58 am PST • Views: 274
The trial of the alleged Islamic terrorists who tried to stage a second series of London bombings began today: ‘Failed London bombers’ accused of extremist Muslim plot.
LONDON (AFP) - British prosecutors have accused six suspects of mounting “an extremist Muslim plot” using suicide bombers to try to kill masses of London commuters in July 2005, days after a successful terror attack.
At the start of a long-awaited trial Monday, the six Muslims were alleged to have tried to carry out another series of “murderous suicide bombings” on July 21, two weeks to the day after July 7 attacks which left 56 people dead.
The plot to blow up three subway trains and a bus only failed because detonators did not work properly, leaving four attempted suicide bombers with their unexploded devices, Britain’s highest-security court heard in Woolwich, southeast London.
In what is likely to become one of the most high-profile cases involving alleged terrorism seen in Britain, the accused deny charges of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life.
The trial of Muktar Said Ibrahim, 28, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 32, Hussain Osman, 28, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Adel Yahya, 24 — many of whom are of east African origin — is expected to take up to four months.
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