Italian police arrest bomb attack suspect

A SOMALI-born Briton believed to be one of the four suspects in the July 21 bombing attempts in London was arrested in Rome yesterday.

Hussain Osman, a naturalised British citizen, was picked up by Italian police in an operation that was still ongoing last night, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said.

Osman is accused of planning an attack at Shepherd's Bush underground station in west London. He was seen on closed-circuit TV carrying a backpack.