Al-Qaida claim responsibility

YESTERDAY’s events came as a statement posted on an Islamic website in the name of an al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for Thursday’s failed attacks.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

The group, Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, also claimed responsibility for the July 7 bombings which killed 52 people and four suicide bombers.

The statement’s authenticity could not be immediately verified.

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