First London terror charge

A 23-YEAR-OLD man yesterday became the first person to be charged in connection with the terror attacks on London.

Ismael Abdurahman, who was arrested in connection with the July 21 attempted bombings, was charged under Section 38 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

Abdurahman, of Newport Street, Kennington, south London, will appear before Bow Street Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.

There are still 14 other people in custody in Britain in connection with the July 21 attempted attacks, and one in Rome, Italy.

That man is Hussain Osman who yesterday claimed the devices used were harmless and packed with flour.

Osman said that he and his accomplices had not sought to kill anyone, not even themselves.

August 4 is exactly two weeks on from the July 21 attempted attacks which were themselves mounted exactly two weeks after the July 7 bombings. More than 6,000 officers, many of them armed, will be on duty all day.

In another development, a British al-Qaida suspect arrested in the wake of the July 7 bombings is to be deported from Zambia to Britain.