DE05 RJX13 year ago. 7/7 london bombings happened that day2018-08-29 16:52:42
12 July In the early morning, the police search premises in the West
Yorkshire area, including the homes of Khan, Tanweer and Hussain
and 18 Alexandra Grove.
Report received that 4 people by two vehicles were seen putting on
rucksacks at Luton Station car park. One of the vehicles was now
missing but one remained in the car park.
By lunchtime, police working on the theory that there is a Kingās
Cross link to the 3 train bombs, all being broadly equidistant from
there at the time of the explosions, identify a CCTV image of 4 men
with rucksacks at Kingās Cross. They recognise Tanweer first from a
DVLA photograph.
The police identify CCTV images of the same 4 at Luton Station.
The Micra is found at Luton and examined. 9 controlled explosions
were carried out on material found in it. The Brava, which had been
towed away because it did not have a parking ticket is later traced to
Lindsay. There had been a report on the Police National Computer
that the Brava may have been used in an aggravated burglary (see
paragraph 69) and Lindsay was named as the registered keeper for
the car.
There was at the time of the attacks, reports of a ā5th bomberā. It
was thought, because of witness statements and CCTV, that there
was a ā5th manā with the group travelling down from Luton. Inquiries
showed the individual was a regular commuter and he was
eliminated from the inquiry. Also in the period immediately following
the attacks, one man was arrested in connection with the
investigation but he was released without charge. In subsequent
weeks, a further man who had claimed to be the ā5th bomberā was
also arrested and later charged with wasting police time. There is no
intelligence to indicate that there was a fifth or further bombers.
DE05 RJX13 year ago. 7/7 london bombings happened that day2018-08-29 16:52:00
06.49: The Micra arrives at Luton and parks next to the Brava. The 4 men
get out of their respective cars, look in the boots of both, and appear
to move items between them. They each put on rucksacks which
CCTV shows are large and full. The 4 are described as looking as if
they were going on a camping holiday.
One car contained explosive devices of a different and smaller kind
from those in the rucksacks. It is not clear what they were for, but they
may have been for self-defence or diversion in case of interception
during the journey given their size; that they were in the car rather
than the boot; and that they were left behind. Also left in the Micra
were other items consistent with the use of explosives. A 9mm
handgun was also found in the Brava. The Micra had a day parking
ticket in the window, perhaps to avoid attention, the Brava did not.
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