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09/05/2007
Wife of July 7 bomber arrested
Counter-terrorism officers investigating the July 7 bombings in London have arrested four people, including the wife of one of the bombers.
Hasina Patel, 29, the widow of Mohammed Sidique Khan was arrested in West Yorkshire, along with two men, aged 30 and 34. A fourth person, a man aged 22, was arrested in Birmingham.
All four were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000 and are being taken to a central London police station to be interviewed.
Searches are continuing at seven addresses in Dewsbury, Beeston and Batley in West Yorkshire and two flats in Birmingham.
Fifty-two people were killed in the July 7 bombings, which took place on three Tube trains and a bus in London in 2005. The bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Germaine Lindsay, 19, and Hasib Hussain, 18, also died in the attacks.
Last month, three men appeared in court charged in connection with the bombings - the first people to be charged in the investigation.
Mohammed Shakil, 30, Sadeer Saleem, 26 and Waheed Ali, 23, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link, charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.
They have been remanded in custody until June 8.
(KMcA/SP)
Hasina Patel, 29, the widow of Mohammed Sidique Khan was arrested in West Yorkshire, along with two men, aged 30 and 34. A fourth person, a man aged 22, was arrested in Birmingham.
All four were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000 and are being taken to a central London police station to be interviewed.
Searches are continuing at seven addresses in Dewsbury, Beeston and Batley in West Yorkshire and two flats in Birmingham.
Fifty-two people were killed in the July 7 bombings, which took place on three Tube trains and a bus in London in 2005. The bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Germaine Lindsay, 19, and Hasib Hussain, 18, also died in the attacks.
Last month, three men appeared in court charged in connection with the bombings - the first people to be charged in the investigation.
Mohammed Shakil, 30, Sadeer Saleem, 26 and Waheed Ali, 23, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link, charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.
They have been remanded in custody until June 8.
(KMcA/SP)
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