Bomb plot suspects are not working for al-Qaida, says family

THE family of three men suspected of plotting a bomb attack in Britain yesterday denied they were al-Qaida terrorists.

Anti-terrorist police said the alleged bomb plot uncovered on Tuesday, involving half a tonne of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, was not linked to the March 11 Madrid bombings which killed more than 200.

But Spanish Interior Minister Angel Acebes said a possible connection to one of the British suspects was being investigated.