London 'bomb-maker' arrested
2005-07-15 13:31
Washington - The alleged bomb-builder in the July 7 London terror attacks has been arrested in Cairo where he is being interrogated, ABC news reported on Friday citing sources including the FBI.
"ABC News has exclusive information, as we said, that the worldwide manhunt for the man that police think has built those bombs has ... been caught in Cairo and (is) being interrogated right now," ABC television said.
Magdy el-Nashar, 33, who authorities believe helped build the bombs, was taken into custody in suburban Cairo. El-Nashar had left England two weeks before the bombings, and British authorities had initiated a worldwide manhunt for him.
Meanwhile London police city chief has said the investigation into the bombings will likely reveal a clear al-Qaeda link, adding that there was a "very strong possibility" of further terrorist attacks in Britain.
"What we expect to find at some stage is that there is a clear al-Qaeda link, a clear al-Qaeda approach, because the four men who are dead, who we believe are the bombers, are in the category of foot soldiers," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair told British Broadcasting Corporation radio.
"So therefore what we have got to find is who encouraged them, who trained them, who is the chemist. Those are the things in which we are now so interested."
He added that "there is a Pakistan connection, but there are also connections in other countries."
Three of the bombers who carried out last week's terror strikes were Britons of Pakistani origin. Pakistani intelligence officials said on Friday that local authorities are looking into a connection between one of the three and two al-Qaeda linked militant groups in that country.
Blair also said that the threat of further attacks remained.
"We have said repeatedly that this is a very strong possibility," he said.
Forty-four victims of the London subway and bus bombings remained in hospitals on Friday, with nine reported in intensive care.
Among the hospitals treating the injured were the Royal London Hospital in east London, with 14 patients including five in intensive care, and University College Hospital in central London, with 11 including four in intensive care. - AP/AFP