Government assure nation over planned tube attack

THE British government tried to calm a jittery nation’s nerves last night by playing down reports of a planned cyanide gas attack on London’s Underground rail system after three men were arrested under anti-terror legislation.

Scotland Yard, London’s police headquarters, said the men had been charged under the Terrorism Act with “possession of articles for the preparation, instigation and commission of terrorism acts.”

It named them as Rabah Chekat-Bais, 21, Karim Kadouri, 33, and Rabah Kadris, in his mid-30s. All were unemployed and living in Britain.