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| The Investigation |
| Arrests continue... |
| 2001-09-21 |
Three men and one woman were arrested Friday by anti-terrorist branch officers in connection with last week's attacks on the World Trade Center, the Scotland Yard said. Meanwhile, a federal judge denied bond Friday for three men arrested this week in connection with the investigation into the September 11 terrorist attacks. Also, French counter-intelligence officers arrested eight people suspected of belonging to extremist Islamic groups thought to be planning attacks on U.S. interests, the French Ministry said. The men denied bond Friday were arrested on Monday in Detroit and identified in court documents as Karim Koubriti, 23; Ahmed Hannan, 33; and Farouk Ali-Haimoud, 21. All were described as resident aliens and Arabs. They were arrested after FBI agents went to a Detroit apartment Monday in search of another man, Nabil Al-Marabh, identified as a potential suspect or associate of the 19 hijackers from last week's attacks. Al-Marabh was later arrested outside Chicago, FBI officials said Thursday. Authorities had discovered false visas, passports and other ID, as well as what appeared to be a diagram of an airport flight line. In England, police also apprehended two men and a woman in west London during a 3 a.m. raid, and then arrested a fourth man in the West Midlands around 7 p.m., the Scotland Yard said. All four are now being questioned in a central London police station, police said. No nationalities were given of those arrested. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |