 Muktah Said Ibrahim, age 29, the alleged ringleader of the July 21 terrorist “bomb” conspiracy, admitted yesterday that he had made the gang’s explosive devices. Mr Ibrahim said that he had built five devices, but, along with the five other men charged, denies conspiring to commit murder or to cause explosions likely to endanger life. | Mr Ibrahim undertook jihad training in Sudan and returned from a three-month trip to Pakistan in March 2005. |
Mr Ibrahim undertook jihad training in Sudan and returned from a three-month trip to Pakistan in March 2005. The Crown alleges that Mr Ibrahim tried to set off one bomb on a No 26 bus in East London on the Thursday in 2005; three other rucksack devices were partially detonated on Tube trains and the fifth was abandoned in a park.
| In each case the detonator had gone off but the main charge had failed. |
The devices were of a type never before seen in Britain by explosives experts. In each case the detonator had gone off but the main charge had failed. Forensic laboratory tests revealed the main components to be hydrogen peroxide and polysaccharides, a starchy material found in flour, and nails, tacks, washers and screws had been attached to the devices. The material recovered from the scenes was highly volatile; | Remains of the device were stored in protective bags and attempts were made to keep them cool, but they burned through three layers of material. |
the remains of the Oval device were stored in protective bags and attempts were made to keep them cool, but they had burnt through three layers of material. At ShepherdÂ’s Bush station the peroxide mixture was smoking and burning when it was found. Tests run on samples indicated the explosive was almost as powerful as TNT.
The other men accused are Yassin Omar, 26, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, Hussein Osman, 28, and Adel Yahya, 24. The trial continues |